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Aonyx capensis  (Schinz, 1821)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621911

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Aonyx congicus (Lönnberg, 1910)
  
    Aonyx congicus microdon Pohle, 1920
  
    Aonyx congicus congicus (Lönnberg, 1910)
  
    Aonyx capensis meneleki (Thomas, 1903)
  
    Aonyx capensis hindei (Thomas, 1905)
  
    Aonyx capensis capensis (Schinz, 1821)
  
    Aonyx capensis congica (Lönnberg, 1910)
  
    Aonyx capensis microdon Pohle, 1920
  
    Aonyx capensis philippsi Hinton, 1921
  
    Aonyx capensis congicus (Lönnberg, 1910)
  
    Paraonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910
  
    Lutra capensis Schinz, 1821
  
    Lutra inunguis F. G. Cuvier, 1823
  
    Aonyx delalandi Lesson, 1827
  
    Anahyster calabaricus Murray, 1860
  
    Lutra lenoiri Rochebrune, 1888
  
  Common Name(s): African Small-clawed Otter [English]
  
    Swamp Otter [English]
  
    African Clawless Otter [English]
  
    Cape Clawless Otter [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifčres, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyLutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 – otters  
                                           GenusAonyx Lesson, 1827 – African Clawless Otter, African Small-clawed Otter  
                                              SpeciesAonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) – African Small-clawed Otter, Swamp Otter, African Clawless Otter, Cape Clawless Otter  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan Shabel  
  Notes: Continuing Lecturer, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA   
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source:    
  Acquired:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kingdon, Jonathan, and Michael Hoffmann, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of Africa, vol. 5: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses   
  Page(s): 560   
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4081-22556   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis, African Clawless Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Larivičre, Serge  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Aonyx congicus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 650   
  Page(s): 1-3   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/default.html   
  Reference for: Cape Clawless Otter[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Rice, Dale W.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4   
  Page(s): ix + 231   
  Publisher: The Society for Marine Mammalogy   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-03-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis, African Clawless Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Aonyx capensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Kingdon et al. (2013) recognize Aonyx congicus at species rank, but expert Alan Shabel (pers. comm., 30 March 2017) notes that there is at yet no molecular data on its status, and the conservative position is to recognize only A. capensis  
 

 

    

 
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