1877 I. 363 The West African River Shrew.
1896 7 286 The Ethiopian Region is characterized by the exclusive possession of ten families of mammals, namely—..Potamogalidæ (river shrew).
1940 16 386/2 It [sc. the Saharan sub-region] lacks entirely the mouse-deer, aardwolf, river shrew, golden mole, gorilla and chimpanzee.