Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860
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Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860 View in CoL
Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860 View in CoL , Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 7: 361.
Type Locality: "Mountains of the interior, or in the hilly country … north and south of the equator, Equatorial Africa" [ Gabon].
Vernacular Names: Giant Otter Shrew.
Synonyms: Potamogale allmani Jentink 1895 ; Potamogale argens Thomas 1915 .
Distribution: Tropical Africa: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.
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Tenrecomorpha |
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Potamogalinae |
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Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
Potamogale velox
Du Chaillu 1860: 361 |