Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
Order Afrosoricida Stanhope, 1998
Suborder Tenrecomorpha Butler, 1972
Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs
Subfamily Potamogalinae Allman, 1865
see Family Potamogalidae Allman, 1866
Genus Potamogale du Chaillu, 1860 - giant African water shrew, giant otter shrew
Potamogale velox (du Chaillu, 1860) - giant otter-shrew