otter shrew การใช้

• Three species of tenrec ( the otter shrews ) are found on the African mainland.
• All otter shrews are carnivorous, preying on any aquatic animal they can find with their sensitive whiskers.
• Contrary to its name the giant otter shrew is not a true shrew ( Soricidae ) but a tenrec ( Tenrecidae ).
• The giant otter shrew, for example, makes quick dives that last for seconds and grabs small crabs ( usually no bigger than across ).
• The "'Ruwenzori otter shrew "'( " Micropotamogale ruwenzorii " ) is a species of semiaquatic mammal in the family Tenrecidae.
• The "'Nimba otter shrew "'( " Micropotamogale lamottei " ) is a dwarf otter shrew and belongs to the mammal family Tenrecidae.
• The "'Nimba otter shrew "'( " Micropotamogale lamottei " ) is a dwarf otter shrew and belongs to the mammal family Tenrecidae.
• "' Potamogalinae "'is the subfamily of " otter shrews ", a group of semiaquatic riverine mammals in the family Tenrecidae indigenous to Subsaharan Africa.
• While its habits are similar to the related otter shrews of Mainland East Africa, family Potamogalinae "', "'their aquatic lifestyles evolved independently from one another.
• While the otter shrews have just two young per litter, the tailless tenrec can have as many as 32, and females possess up to 29 teats, more than any other mammal.
• He was the first person to scientifically describe the giant otter shrew ( " Potamogale velox " ), taking precedence over John Edward Gray's description of the same animal as a mouse instead.
• All the native tenrecs of Madagascar are believed to descend from a common ancestor that arrived 25 42 million years ago after rafting over from Africa ( where only 3 species of tenrecids, the otter shrews, survive ).
• The endemic aquatic animals in the Nimba Range includes frogs, fish, the Nimba Stream Crab " ( Liberonautes nimba ) ", and the endangered Nimba otter shrew " ( Micropotamogale lamottei ) ".
• Within afrotherian mammals, " Limnogale mergulus " is typically considered for highest priority conservation priority along with Giant Otter Shrew, Giant Golden Mole, Northern Shrew Tenrec, Nimba Otter Shrew, as well as some better-known conservation symbols like Dugong, Asian Elephant, and Manatee ( including three species ).
• Within afrotherian mammals, " Limnogale mergulus " is typically considered for highest priority conservation priority along with Giant Otter Shrew, Giant Golden Mole, Northern Shrew Tenrec, Nimba Otter Shrew, as well as some better-known conservation symbols like Dugong, Asian Elephant, and Manatee ( including three species ).
• The Pic de Fon forest at the southern end of the range is a relatively intact area of approximately 25, 600 ha that contains many typical flora and fauna of the Guinean montane forests ecosystem, including endangered species such as the Nimba otter shrew ( " Micropotamogale lamottei " ), the West African chimpanzee ( " Pan troglodytes verus " ), the Diana monkey ( " Cercopithecus diana diana " ) and the Sierra Leone prinia ( " Schistolais leontica " ), a bird of the West African highlands known from only three other sites in the world.