Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Insectivora Bowdich, 1821 - insectivores see Superorder Insectivora Bowdich, 1821
     Family Tenrecidae Gray, 1821 - tenrecs
       Subfamily Potamogalinae Allman, 1865 see Family Potamogalidae Allman, 1866
         1 Genus Micropotamogale Heim de Balsac, 1954 - dwarf African water shrews
         2 Genus Potamogale du Chaillu, 1860 - giant African water shrew, giant otter shrew