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Definition of Potamogale
1. Noun. Amphibious African insectivorous mammal that resembles an otter.
Generic synonyms: Insectivore
Group relationships: Genus Potamogale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potamogale
Literary usage of Potamogale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... but as its characters were very doubtful, the name potamogale was suggested
for it in case of its proving to belong to a distinct genus. ..."
2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... only by the widely-spread typical genus Erinaceus, together with a West African
species which has been separated as FIG. 53. WEST AFRICAN potamogale ..."
3. Evolution of Mammalian Molar Teeth by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1907)
"Mivart considered the potamogale molar as an intermediate form between molars of the
... He pointed out that in potamogale there is - a very interesting ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Clavicles are present, which is not the case with potamogale. ... potamogale relax
is a West African animal, which though an Insectivore has the habits of ..."
5. Outlines of zoology by John Arthur Thomson (1895)
"The cranial cavity is small ; the skull is never high ; the facial region is
long ; the zygomatic arch is slender or absent. Except in potamogale, there are ..."
6. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"Allman (who is engaged question whether the name potamogale given by Du Chaillu
tas any claim to be adopted. He persists in rejecting it, on account of the ..."
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