Aonyx

Aonyx cinerea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: A. capensis - A. cinerea - A. congicus

Name

Aonyx Lesson, 1827

Type species: Aonyx delalandi Lesson, 1827 (= Lutra capensis Schinz, 1821) by subsequent designation (Palmer, 1904).

Synonyms

• Amblonyx Rafinesque, 1832
  
• Anahyster Murray, 1861
  
• Leptonyx Lesson, 1842
  
• Micraonyx J. A. Allen, 1919
  
• Paraonyx Hinton, 1921
  

References

• Manual de Mammalogie: 157.
• Aonyx in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Aonyx Lesson, 1827 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Dansk: Fingerodder
English: Small-clawed otter
Hrvatski: Beznokte vidre
Türkçe: Parmaklı samur
中文: 小爪水獺屬