Aonyx cinerea Illiger 1815 (Oriental small-clawed otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative combinations: Amblonyx cinerea, Amblonyx cinereus, Lutra cinerea, Micraonyx cinerea

Synonym: Lutra leptonyx Horsfield 1823

Belongs to Aonyx according to P. D. Gingerich 2003

See also Allen 1919, Cherin et al. 2016, de Ferran et al. 2022, Marmi et al. 2004 and Willemsen 1992

Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra capensis, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Aonyx aonychoides, Aonyx antiqua, Aonyx congicus, Nesolutra euxena

Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Philippines (2 collections), Vietnam (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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