Order Afrosoricida Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 71 81 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac 1954 Micropotamogale lamottei Heim de Balsac 1954 , C. R . Acad. Sci. Paris, 239: 103 . Type Locality: "Ziéla, dans une savane au pied du Nimba, altitude 550 m . " [Ziéla, Mount Nimba, Guinea ]. Vernacular Names: Nimba Otter Shrew . Distribution: Environs of Mt. Nimba in Guinea , Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire . Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: For a survey of the distribution and ecology, see Vogel (1983) .