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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. [2] Two species are ...
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]
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)
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]
Family: Soricidae (shrews) Subfamily: Crocidurinae. Genus: Crocidura. Buettikofer's shrew, Crocidura buettikoferi NT; Crosse's shrew, Crocidura crossei LC; Doucet's musk shrew, Crocidura douceti LC; Large-headed shrew, Crocidura grandiceps NT; Lamotte's shrew, Crocidura lamottei LC; West African long-tailed shrew, Crocidura muricauda LC; Nimba ...
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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
The Nimba Range harbours an especially rich flora and fauna, and it is the home of more than 2000 vascular plant species, 317 vertebrate species, 107 of which are mammals, and to more than 2,500 invertebrate species. Notably endemic vertebrates are Nimba viviparous toad, Lamotte's roundleaf bat, Myotis nimbaensis, and Nimba otter shrew.