Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonym: Anahyster Murray 1860
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018
See also Allen 1919, Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968, Marmi et al. 2004, Pickford 2007 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Aonyx antiqua Aonyx aonychoides Aonyx capensis Aonyx cinerea Aonyx congica
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Kenya (1), the Netherlands (1), the Philippines (2), South Africa (15), Tanzania (2), Vietnam (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (2)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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