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Potamogale velox (Du Chaillu, 1860)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. vol.7 p.361
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Afrosoricida
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family
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Tenrecidae
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genus
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Potamogale
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species
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Potamogale velox
Name
- Synonyms
- Cynogale velox Du Chaillu, 1860
- Mythomys velox (Du Chaillu, 1860)
- Homonyms
- Potamogale velox (Du Chaillu, 1860)
- Common names
- Giant Otter Shrew in English
- Giant Otter Shrew in English
- Giant Otter Shrew in English
- Giant Otter-shrew in English
- Giant otter shrew in language.
- GrolRe Otterspitzmaus in German
- Musarana nutria gigante in language.
- Potamogale in French
- giant otter shrew in English
- Giant Otter Shrew in English
- Giant Otter-shrew in English
- Grossotterspi Tzmaus in German
- Le Potamogale in French
Bibliographic References
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
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Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
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Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.