Nimba otter shrew [SEP] parent taxon
Nimba otter shrew
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. 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.
creek beds and streams.
It is a solitary creature and has only been seen with other shrews during mating seasons and when a mother is nursing newly born young.
The breeding pattern of the Nimba otter shrew is also unknown, but believed to be polygamous; as there have been no witnessed accounts of breeding in the wild and the Nimba otter shrew has not mated in captivity.
Conservation status.
The IUCN had listed the Nimba otter shrew as "endangered" in 1990, but in 2018 the status was