Micropotamogale

Micropotamogale^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Tenrecidae
Genus:	Micropotamogale Balsac, 1954
Species
Micropotamogale ruwenzorii Micropotamogale lamottei

Micropotamogale is a genus of small, otter-like tenrecs native to riverine habitats of West African rainforests. They feed on aquatic animals and insects they can find and capture.

Two species are recognized:

Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii)
Nimba Otter Shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei)

References

^ Bronner, Gary N.; Jenkins, Paulina D. (16 November 2005). "Order Afrosoricida (pp. 71-81)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 75-76. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.

Extant Afrosoricida species

Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Chordata · Class Mammalia · Infraclass Eutheria · Superorder Afrotheria

Suborder Tenrecomorpha (Tenrecs)

Geogalinae

Geogale	Large-eared Tenrec (G. aurita)

Oryzorictinae

Limnogale	Web-footed Tenrec (L. mergulus)

Microgale	Short-tailed Shrew Tenrec (M. brevicaudata) · Cowan's Shrew Tenrec (M. cowani) · Dobson's Shrew Tenrec (M. dobsoni) · Drouhard's Shrew Tenrec (M. drouhardi) · Dryad Shrew Tenrec (M. dryas) · Pale Shrew Tenrec (M. fotsifotsy) · Gracile Shrew Tenrec (M. gracilis) · Naked-nosed Shrew Tenrec (M. gymnorhyncha) · Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec (M. jenkinsae) · Northern Shrew Tenrec (M. jobihely) · Lesser Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (M. longicaudata) · Major's Long-tailed Tenrec (M. majori) · Montane Shrew Tenrec (M. monticola) · Nasolo's Shrew Tenrec (M. nasoloi) · Pygmy Shrew Tenrec (M. parvula) · Greater Long-tailed Shrew Tenrec (M. principula) · Least Shrew Tenrec (M. pusilla) · Shrew-toothed Shrew Tenrec (M. soricoides) · Taiva Shrew Tenrec (M. taiva) · Talazac's Shrew Tenrec (M. talazaci) · Thomas's Shrew Tenrec (M. thomasi)

Oryzorictes (Rice tenrecs)	Mole-like Rice Tenrec (O. hova) · Four-toed Rice Tenrec (O. tetradactylus)

Potamogalinae

Micropotamogale	Nimba Otter Shrew (M. lamottei) · Ruwenzori Otter Shrew (M. ruwenzorii)

Potamogale	Giant Otter Shrew (P. velox)

Tenrecinae

Echinops	Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (E. telfairi)

Hemicentetes	Highland Streaked Tenrec (H. nigriceps) · Lowland Streaked Tenrec (H. semispinosus)

Setifer	Greater Hedgehog Tenrec (S. setosus)

Tenrec	Tailless Tenrec (T. ecaudatus)

Suborder Chrysochloridea (Golden moles)

Chrysochlorinae

Carpitalpa	Arend's Golden Mole (C. arendsi)

Chlorotalpa	Duthie's Golden Mole (C. duthieae) · Sclater's Golden Mole (C. sclateri)

Chrysochloris	Subgenus Chrysochloris: Cape Golden Mole (C. asiatica) · Visagie's Golden Mole (C. visagiei) Subgenus Kilimatalpa: Stuhlmann's Golden Mole (C. stuhlmanni)

Chrysospalax	Giant Golden Mole (C. trevelyani) · Rough-haired Golden Mole (C. villosus)

Cryptochloris	De Winton's Golden Mole (C. wintoni) · Van Zyl's Golden Mole (C. zyli)

Eremitalpa	Grant's Golden Mole (E. granti)

Amblysominae

Amblysomus	Fynbos Golden Mole (A. corriae) · Hottentot Golden Mole (A. hottentotus) · Marley's Golden Mole (A. marleyi) · Robust Golden Mole (A. robustus) · Highveld Golden Mole (A. septentrionalis)

Calcochloris	Subgenus Huetia: Congo Golden Mole (C. leucorhinus) Subgenus Calcochloris: Yellow Golden Mole (C. obtusirostris) Subgenus incertae sedis: Somali Golden Mole (C. tytonis)

Neamblysomus	Gunning's Golden Mole (N. gunningi) · Juliana's Golden Mole (N. julianae)