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Order: Eulipotyphla, Family: Talpidae. Five species of moles occur in California.. Shrew-mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii; Northern broad-footed mole, Scapanus latimanus. Alameda Island mole, S. l. parvus (CDFW special concern; endemic)
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. [2] [3] [4] They were formerly considered a subfamily of Tenrecidae. [2]
Taxidermied giant otter shrew. The giant otter shrew is a mammal superficially similar to an otter in appearance. It is characterized by a long, flat tail, which it uses for swimming by sideways undulation like a fish. It has a muzzle covered with bristles, and flat shielded nostrils. It has dense, soft hair, silky on the tail. [2]
The five-year-old animal had gained a reputation as ‘California’s angriest otter’ after she was captured on social media attacking surfers in Santa Cruz and biting their boards
Otter 841, California's most ornery sea mammal, has returned to waters off Santa Cruz. Authorities warn surfers and swimmers to steer clear of the creature.
A palm-sized mammal that lives underground in California has been caught alive on camera for the first time. Three undergraduate students came up with an idea to capture the elusive Mount Lyell ...
Suborder Tenrecomorpha (otter shrews and tenrecs) Family Potamogalidae (otter shrews) Genus Micropotamogale. Nimba otter shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) Ruwenzori otter shrew (Micropotamogale ruwenzorii) Genus Potamogale. Giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) Family Plesiorycteropodidae. Genus †Plesiorycteropus †Plesiorycteropus ...
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)