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The current population is decreasing at a rate of 1 per 10 km² (almost 500 otter shrews per year). [1] Although an exact number is unknown at this time, there is believed to be less than 2500–3500 individuals in the wild; there are none in captivity. [9] At this rate the Nimba otter shrew was predicted to be extinct between 2017 and 2020. [10]
Micropotamogale [1] is a genus of small, otter-like dwarf otter shrews native to riverine habitats of West African rainforests. They feed on aquatic animals and insects they can find and capture. They are afrotherian mammals most closely related to the tenrecs of Madagascar , but are not closely related to shrews or otters.
Potamogalidae is the family of "otter shrews", a group of semiaquatic riverine afrotherian mammals indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. [2] They are most closely related to the tenrecs of Madagascar , from which they are thought to have split about 47–53 million years ago.
Nimba otter shrew. M. lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1954: Mount Richard-Molard area in western Africa: Size: 12–16 cm (5–6 in) long, plus 9–14 cm (4–6 in) tail [50] Habitat: Forest and inland wetlands [51] Diet: Crabs and catfish, as well as insects and tadpoles [51] VU Unknown [51] Ruwenzori otter shrew. M. ruwenzorii (de Witte, Frechkop, 1955)
Nimba otter shrew, Micropotamogale lamottei NT; Order: Hyracoidea ... About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Guinea.Of the mammal species in Guinea, one is critically endangered, ten are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and nine are near threatened.
Nimba otter shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) Ruwenzori otter shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii) Genus Potamogale. Giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) Family Plesiorycteropodidae. Genus †Plesiorycteropus †Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis †Plesiorycteropus germainepetterae; Family Tenrecidae Subfamily Geogalinae (1 species) Genus Geogale
Tenrecomorpha is the suborder of otter shrews and tenrecs, a group of afrotherian mammals indigenous to equatorial Africa and Madagascar, respectively. [2] [3] The two families are thought to have split about 47–53 million years ago. [3] [4] [5] Potamogalid otter shrews were formerly considered a subfamily of Tenrecidae. [3]