Micropotamogale lamottei

Heim de Balsac, 1954

Nimba Otter-shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Atlantogenata
Superorder : Afrotheria
Order : Afrosoricida
Suborder : Tenrecomorpha
Family : Potamogalidae
Genus : Micropotamogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heim de Balsac, H. 1954. Un genre inédit et inattendu de Mammifère (Insectivore Tenrecidae) d'Afrique Occidentale. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 239:102-104.

Original name as described

Micropotamogale lamottei

Other common names

Pygmy Otter-shrew

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-402

Type locality

"Ziéla, dans une savane au pied du Nimba [= savanna at the foot of Mt. Nimba], altitude 550 m," Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

Taxonomy notes

moved from Tenrecidae to Potamogalidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Everson, K. M., Soarimalala, V., Goodman, S. M., & Olson, L. E. (2016). Multiple loci and complete taxonomic sampling resolve the phylogeny and biogeographic history of tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and reveal higher speciation rates in Madagascar's humid forests. Systematic Biology, 65(5), 890-909.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000486

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Micropotamogale lamottei

Heim de Balsac, 1954

Family

Potamogalidae

Root name

lamottei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1981-402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1981-402

Authority page

103

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Bronner & Jenkins (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9688)
  4. Everson, Soarimalala, Goodman & Olson (2016:903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35685)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13393/111940150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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