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The giant otter shrew is a mammal superficially similar to an otter in appearance. It is characterized by a long, flat tail, which it uses for swimming by sideways undulation like a fish. It has a muzzle covered with bristles, and flat shielded nostrils.
Learn about the giant otter shrew, a semiaquatic carnivore that lives in central Africa. Find out its appearance, diet, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status.
Otter shrews are amphibious and carnivorous tropical African insectivores that are not true shrews. The giant otter shrew resembles a river otter, while the dwarf otter shrews are more shrewlike and have webbed feet.
The giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) has the body form, fur texture, and coloration of a river otter but is smaller. It weighs less than 400 grams (0.9 pound) and has a body 27 to 33 cm (11 to 13 inches) long and a slightly shorter…
The Giant Otter Shrew got its common name because of its physical resemblance to otters. It has a broad, flat muzzle covered with stiff whiskers, and flaps of skin that seal its nostrils when diving. It has small eyes and external ears.
The giant otter shrew ( Potamogale velox) is a semiaquatic, carnivorous tenrec. It is found in the main rainforest block of central Africa from Nigeria to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and Uganda.
Potamogalidae is the family of "otter shrews", a group of semiaquatic riverine afrotherian mammals indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. They are most closely related to the tenrecs of Madagascar , from which they are thought to have split about 47–53 million years ago.
