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Micropotamogale

Mammalia - Tenrecidae

Taxonomy
Micropotamogale was named by Heim de Balsac (1954). It is extant.

It was assigned to Potamogalinae by Van Valen (1967) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Micropotamogale Heim de Balsac
1956Mesopotamogale Heim de Balsac
1961Kivugale Kretzoi
1967Micropotamogale Van Valen
2005Micropotamogale Wilson and Reeder

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
superfamilyTenrecoidea()
familyTenrecidae
subfamilyPotamogalinae
genusMicropotamogaleHeim de Balsac 1954

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.

G. Micropotamogale Heim de Balsac 1954
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Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac 1954 [Nimba otter shrew]
Micropotamogale ruwenzorii de Witte and Frechkop 1955 [Ruwenzori otter shrew]
Invalid names: Kivugale Kretzoi 1961 [synonym], Mesopotamogale Heim de Balsac 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available