Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Eutheria Gill, 1872 see Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                 Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
                   Superfamily Tenrecoidea Gray, 1821 see Suborder Tenrecomorpha Butler, 1972
                     Family Potamogalidae Allman, 1866
                       Genus Micropotamogale Heim de Balsac, 1954 - dwarf African water shrews
                         1 Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1954 - Nimba otter-shrew
                         2 Micropotamogale ruwenzorii (de Witte & Frechkop, 1955) - Ruwenzori otter-shrew