Aonyx capensis   (Schinz, 1821)

African small-clawed otter
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

| Carnivora | Mustelidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska.  Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Eastern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and Africa Inland Waters: Aonyx capensis meneleki: northern and central Ethiopia; Aonyx capensis subsp.: West Africa from Senegal and Guinea east to Nigeria; Aonyx capensis hindei: from Uganda and central Kenya south to northern Zambia; Aonyx capensis capensis: Southern Africa from Angola and Zambia southward to Cape Province; Aonyx capensis microdon: tributaries of the Sanaga River in Cameroon; Aonyx capensis congica: throughout the basin of the Congo River; Aonyx capensis philippsi: Highlands of northeast Congo, southwest Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi (Ref. 1522).

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Inhabits marine, rivers, and mangrove areas.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Near Threatened (NT) (A2cde+3cde); Date assessed: 31 January 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)


CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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referenser
Mass conversion

Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.