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Aonyx (clawless otter)
Taxonomy
Aonyx was named by Lesson (1827). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aonychini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Aonychini by Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Lutrinae by Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1827 | Aonyx Lesson p. 157 |
1860 | Anahyster Murray p. 157 |
1968 | Aonyx Kurten p. 105 |
1988 | Aonyx Carroll |
2004 | Aonyx Marmi et al. p. 492 |
2007 | Aonyx Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23 |
2010 | Aonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 619 |
2018 | Aonyx Law et al. |
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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.
G. Aonyx Lesson 1827 [clawless otter]
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†Aonyx antiqua Blainville 1841
†Aonyx aonychoides Zdansky 1924
Aonyx capensis Schinz 1821 [African clawless otter]
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Invalid names: Aonyx delalandi Lesson 1827 [synonym], Lutra inunguis Cuvier 1823 [synonym]
Aonyx cinerea Illiger 1815 [Oriental small-clawed otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra leptonyx Horsfield 1823 [synonym]
†Aonyx congica Lonnberg 1910
Invalid names: Anahyster Murray 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available