Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Potamogalidae

Full reference: G. J. Allman. 1866. On the Characters and Affinities of Insectivorous Mammals. Transactions of the Zoological Society 6(1):1-16

Parent taxon: Tenrecoidae according to R. J. Asher and K. M. Helgen 2010

See also Allman 1866, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911 and Schlosser 1877

Sister taxa: Afrosoricida, Chrysochloridae, Plesiorycteropus, Qatranilestes, Tenrecidae, Jawharia, Dilambdogale, Widanelfarasia, Nanogale

Subtaxa: Namagale Potamogale

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Type: Potamogale

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Eocliff (Eocene of Namibia)

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