Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Afrosoricida, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-81 : 76

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Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860 , 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.