Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combination: Aonyx capensis
Synonyms: Aonyx delalandi Lesson 1827, Lutra inunguis Cuvier 1823
Belongs to Lutra according to V. de Ferran et al. 2022
See also Allen 1919, Cherin et al. 2016, Marmi et al. 2004 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra cinerea, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena, Aonyx antiqua, Aonyx congicus, Aonyx aonychoides
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (15 collections), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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