Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac 1954

Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac 1954, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 239: 103.

Type Locality: "Ziéla, dans une savane au pied du Nimba, altitude 550 m. " [Ziéla, Mount Nimba, Guinea].

Vernacular Names: Nimba Otter Shrew.

Distribution: Environs of Mt. Nimba in Guinea, Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire.

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: For a survey of the distribution and ecology, see Vogel (1983).