|
|
ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
|
Cape Clawless OtterEducational resources on Cape Clawless OtterCape Clawless Otter or Aonyx capensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Cape Clawless Otter African Clawless Otter The Cape Clawless Otter lives in clan-type groups, swimming most of the time and as with most otters are very curious and playful. When attacked or frightened, they scream in itech.pjc.edu/sctag/extra/ACOtter.html cape clawless otter Common Name: Cape Clawless Otter. Class: Mammalia. Order: Carnivora. Family: Mustelidae. Genus: Aonyx. Species: Aonyx capensis: Taxonomy/Description. The cape clawless otter is a www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/otters/cape_otter.htm MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 671, pp. 1-6,3 figs. The Cape clawless otter occurs from South Africanorthward to Ethiopia in the east and Senegal in the west (Fig. 3). The Cape clawless otter is common in Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/671_Aonyx_capensis.pdf ADW: Aonyx capensis: Classification taxon. Information: Pictures: Specimens: Sounds: Selecting an icon will take you directly to that animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aonyx_capensis.html congo otter It is closely related to the cape clawless otter, so similar behavior and reproduction may be assumed. Conservation. Like most the cape clawless otter, the Congo clawless www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/otters/congo_clawless_otter.htm spotted necked otter Unlike the other two species of African otters, the cape clawless otter and Congo clawless otter, the spotted necked otter has webbing and claws on all four of its www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/otters/spotted_necked_otter.htm MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 650, pp. 1-3,2 figs. Aonyxcongicus is sympatric with the water mongoose, spotted-necked otter, and Cape clawless otter. Most likely, segregation in diet allows those species to coexist (Rowe www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/650_Aonyx_congicus.pdf Congo Clawless Otter Congo clawless otter (above, left) Cape clawless otter (above, right) Forefoot (left) and hind foot (right) of Congo clawless otter pup itech.pjc.edu/sctag/Congo_clawless_otter/Otterpage.htm Asian Small Clawed Otter ...the first to develop and it's original purpose was to serve as a model for the captive breeding of endangered social otters like the Giant Otter and the Cape Clawless Otter. itech.pjc.edu/sctag/SCOTTER/ASCOpage.htm Otters Oriental Small Clawed Otter; Cape Clawless Otter; Congo Clawless Otter; Sea Otter; The Otters. Otters are members of Mustelidae, the weasel family. Otters are www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/otters/index.htm
|
