Aonyx capensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: Aonyx capensis
Subspecies: A. c. capensis – A. c. hindei – A. c. meneleki – A. c. microdon – A. c. philippsi

Name

Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821)

Type locality: "Capischer otter. . Afrika" [South Africa, (former) Cape Province].

References

Schinz, H. R. 1821. Das Tierreisch von dem Herrn. Ritter von Cuvier, Stuttgart 1:211–214, 879.
Serge Larivière, 2001. Aonyx capensis, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammalogists, No. 671, pp. 1–6, 3 figs.
Aonyx capensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) (Least Concern)
Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

dansk: Afrikansk fingerodder
Deutsch: Kapotter
English: African Clawless Otter
español: Nutria de El Cabo
polski: Wydrzyca afrykańska
svenska: Klolös utter
Türkçe: Kap parmaklı samuru