Potamogalinae

Potamogalinae

Giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Family:	Tenrecidae
Subfamily:	Potamogalinae Allmann, 1865
Genera
Micropotamogale Potamogale

Potamogalinae is the subfamily of "otter shrews", a group of semiaquatic riverine mammals in the family Tenrecidae indigenous to Subsaharan Africa. All otter shrews are carnivorous, preying on any aquatic animal they can find with their sensitive whiskers. As their common name suggests, they bear a strong, but superficial resemblance to true otters. They move through the water by undulating their tail in a side-to-side motion similar to the motions made by a crocodile swimming.

Species

Three species of otter shrew are recognized.

Dwarf otter shrews, genus Micropotamogale
- Nimba otter shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei)
- Ruwenzori otter shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii)
Giant otter shrew, genus Potamogale
- Giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox)

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

Arends' 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)