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Aonyx cinerea (Oriental small-clawed otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutra cinerea was named by Illiger (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Micraonyx cinerea by Allen (1919); it was recombined as Amblonyx cinerea by Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Amblonyx cinereus by Marmi et al. (2004); it was recombined as Aonyx cinerea by Gingerich (2003) and Cherin et al. (2016).

Synonyms
  • Lutra leptonyx was named by Horsfield (1823). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Micraonyx cinerea by Allen (1919).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lutra cinerea Illiger
1823Lutra leptonyx Horsfield
1919Micraonyx cinerea Allen p. 23
1992Amblonyx cinerea Willemsen p. 114
2003Aonyx cinerea Gingerich
2004Amblonyx cinereus Marmi et al. p. 489
2016Aonyx cinerea Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusAonyxLesson 1827
speciescinerea(Illiger 1815)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aonyx cinerea Illiger 1815 [Oriental small-clawed otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra leptonyx Horsfield 1823 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available