Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 310

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Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) View in CoL . In G. Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1:211.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Capischer otter... Afrika" [ South Africa, Cape Province].

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: angolae Thomas, 1908; calaboricus Murray, 1860; coombsi Roberts, 1926; delalandi Lesson, 1827 ; gambianus Gray, 1865 ; helios Heller, 1913; hindei Thomas, 1905; inunguis F. G. Cuvier, 1823 ; lenoiri Rochebrune, 1888 ; meneleki Thomas, 1902; poensis Waterhouse, 1838 .