Potamogale velox

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Potamogaloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Atlantogenata Superordo: Afrotheria Grandordo: Afroinsectiphilia Mirordo: Afroinsectivora Ordo: Afrosoricida Subordo: Tenrecomorpha Superfamilia: Potamogaloidea

Familia: Potamogalidae
Genus: Potamogale
Species:

Potamogale velox (Du Chaillu, 1861)

Holotype: BMNH 1861.7.29.18, skin.
Type locality: “found in the mountains of the interior, or in the hilly country explored by me north and south of the equator” [=Gaboon].

Du Chaillu, P.B. 1861. Descriptions of mammals from equatorial Africa, collected by himself, and believed to be undescribed. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 358–367. BHL Reference page.

Stephenson, P.J., Goodman, S. & Soarimalala, V. 2016. IUCN: Potamogale velox (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T18095A97203526. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T18095A97203526.en. Accessed on 08 June 2024.