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Aonyx Lesson, 1827
Paraonyx
Amblonyx

Subgenus Aonyx

Aonyx capensis
Senegal, Ethiopia, South Africa. See [About maps] African Clawless Otter
A. c. helios Heller, 1913
Aonyx capensis helios Heller, 1913; Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61 (19): 1, TL: 40 miles SW of Kericho Staion, Sotik District, [Kenya]
Aonyx capensis helios ; [TNAM, 61]

Subgenus Paraonyx

Aonyx congica

Subgenus Amblonyx

Aonyx cinereus (Illiger, 1815)
SE.Asia. See [About maps] Indian Small-clawed Otter
Amblonyx cinereus ;
Aonyx cinerea ;
[cinereus-1.jpg] 790x600 (~169Kb) Hagenbeck Zoological Garden, Hamburg (Germany), May 2000, Photo © Ralf Schmode


21.10.2001 (3)

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[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[Ralf Schmode]
Geesthacht, Germany; e-mail: Ralf Schmode; More of similar pictures from Ralf Schmode's; Animal Photography Page
[TNAM]
Poole & Schantz, 1942; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 178: -; Catalog of the type specimens of mammals in the United States national museum, including the biological surveys collection


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