| Nimba otter shrew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Suborder: | Tenrecomorpha |
| Family: | Potamogalidae |
| Genus: | Micropotamogale |
| Species: | M. lamottei
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| Binomial name | |
| Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1954
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| Nimba otter shrew range | |
The Nimba otter shrew (Micropotamogale lamottei) is a dwarf otter shrew and belongs to the mammal family Potamogalidae. Otter shrews are shrew-like afrotherian mammals found in sub-Saharan Africa. They are most closely related to the tenrecs of Madagascar.[2] This species belongs to the genus Micropotamogale, literally meaning "tiny river weasel". It is native to the Mount Nimba area which rests along the border of Liberia, Guinea, and Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in West Africa.
- ^ Stephenson, P.J.; Monadjem, A.; Decher, J.; Phalan, B. (2018). "Micropotamogale lamottei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T13393A111940150. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13393A111940150.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Everson, K. M.; Soarimalala, V.; Goodman, S. M.; Olson, L. E. (2016). "Multiple Loci and Complete Taxonomic Sampling Resolve the Phylogeny and Biogeographic History of Tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) and Reveal Higher Speciation Rates in Madagascar's Humid Forests". Systematic Biology. 65 (5): 890–909. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw034. PMID 27103169.