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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.
La musaraña nutria o musaraña acuática gigante ( Potamogale velox) es una especie de mamífero afrosorícido de la familia Tenrecidae. Es la única especie de su género y no se reconocen subespecies. Nocturno. Carnívoro. Insectívoro. Malacófago. Piscívoro. Vivíparo. De madriguera. Semiacuático. Te.
Learn about the giant otter shrew, a semiaquatic carnivore that lives in central Africa. Find out its appearance, diet, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status.
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 tail.
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 thick round body is covered with a dense undercoat and course guard hairs.
The giant otter shrew ( Potamogale velox) is a semiaquatic, carnivorous afrotherian mammal. It is found in the main rainforest block of central Africa from Nigeria to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and Uganda. It lives in streams, wetlands and slow flowing larger rivers.
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.
