Aonyx

Aonyx cinerea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Aonyx
Species (3): 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.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Aonyx Lesson, 1827 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

dansk: Fingerodder
English: Small-clawed otter
hrvatski: Beznokte vidre
ไทย: นากเล็ก, นากไร้เล็บ
Türkçe: Parmaklı samur
中文: 小爪水獺屬

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