Family POTAMOGALIDAE

(OTTER-SHREWS)

• Small to medium-sized with relatively thick,silky, long pelage; relatively small eyes; otter-shaped heads and bodies; broad muzzles; flatten nose shields; short ears; and short legs.

• 20-60 cm.

• Afrotropical Region.

• Small rivers and streams in tropical forests up to midelevations mountains.

• 2 genera, 3 species, 3 taxa.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.