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Aonyx capensis (African clawless otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutra capensis was named by Schinz (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aonyx capensis by Allen (1919), Willemsen (1992), Marmi et al. (2004) and Cherin et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Lutra capensis Schinz
1823Lutra inunguis Cuvier
1827Aonyx delalandi Lesson
1919Aonyx capensis Allen p. 23
1992Aonyx capensis Willemsen p. 114
2004Aonyx capensis Marmi et al. p. 489
2016Aonyx capensis Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
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
speciescapensis(Schinz 1821)

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 capensis Schinz 1821 [African clawless otter]
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Invalid names: Aonyx delalandi Lesson 1827 [synonym], Lutra inunguis Cuvier 1823 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available