Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs Genus Potamogale du Chaillu, 1860 - giant African water shrew, giant otter shrew Potamogale velox (du Chaillu, 1860) - giant otter-shrew