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Potamogalidae
Taxonomy
Potamogalidae was named by Allman (1866). It is extant. Its type is Potamogale.
It was assigned to Centetoidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Allman (1866), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Lipotyphla by Jaekel (1911); and to Tenrecoidae by Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Centetoidea by Schlosser (1877); to Insectivora by Allman (1866), Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Zalambdodonta by Gregory (1910); to Lipotyphla by Jaekel (1911); and to Tenrecoidae by Asher and Helgen (2010).
Subtaxa
Namagale, Potamogale (syn. Mythomys, Bayonia) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Potamogalidae Allman p. 15 |
| 1877 | Potamogalidae Schlosser p. 89 |
| 1883 | Potamogalidae Flower p. 186 |
| 1891 | Potamogalidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92 |
| 1910 | Potamogalidae Gregory p. 464 |
| 1911 | Potamogalidae Jaekel p. 210 |
| 2010 | Potamogalidae Asher and Helgen |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Potamogalidae Allman 1866
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G. Potamogale Du Chaillu 1860
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Potamogale velox Du Chaillu 1860 [giant otter shrew]
Potamogale velox argens Thomas 1915
Invalid names: Bayonia Barboza du Bocage 1865 [synonym], Mythomys Gray 1861 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||