Educational resources on Giant Otter Shrew

Giant Otter Shrew or Potamogale velox is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to B1+2c. IUCN Profile of the Giant Otter Shrew

Academic web links for the Giant Otter Shrew.

ADW: Potamogale velox: Information
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
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Potamogale_velox.html

ADW: Potamogale: Classification
... giant otter shrew)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Potamogale.html

ADW: Potamogale velox: Classification
Potamogale velox (giant otter shrew) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Potamogale_velox.html

ADW: Tenrecidae: Classification
... giant otter shrew)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Tenrecidae.html

ADW: Micropotamogale lamottei: Information
Nicoll, M. 1985. The biology of the giant otter shrew Potamogale velox. National Geographic Society Research Reports, 21: 331-337.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Micropotamogale_lamottei.html

ADW: Micropotamogale ruwenzorii: Information
The range of M. ruwenzorii overlaps that of the giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox), yet there is no published evidence of their interactions.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Micropotamogale_ruwenzorii.html

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: velox
Giant Otter Shrew: Type Locality: "Mountains of the interior, or in the hilly country … north and south of the equator, Equatorial Africa" [Gabon].
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=11100039

ADW: Potamogalinae: Classification
... giant otter shrew)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Potamogalinae.html

Biological Electric Fields
...produce weak (< 1 V) currents, for communication and object detection E. Possible electrogenic mammal: Giant Otter-Shrew ( Potamogale velox) 1.
www.physics.wisc.edu/undergrads/courses/208-f07/HonorsLectures/Biological%20Electric%20...

FIELDNOTES - GABON
And in addition to fish, a giant otter shrew ( Potamogale velox ) was also recorded in the water. Olivier S.G. Pauwels, herpetologist with the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of
nationalzoo.si.edu/conservationandscience/mab/researchprojects/appliedconservation/gabon/...