Aonyxcapensiscongica
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name：Aonyxcapensiscongica
- Aliases：Aonyxcapensiscongica,Congo small-clawed otter, Cameroon clawless otter
- Outline：Carnivora
- Family：Spinopoda Mustelidae Lurinae S.Otter
Vital signs
- length：40-60cm
- Weight：2-5kg
- lifetime：No verification information
Feature
A subspecies of the African small-clawed otter
Details
The Zaire small-clawed otter is also known as the Congo small-clawed otter (Aonyx capensis congica) and the Cameroon clawless otter. It is a subspecies of the African small-clawed otter. Its habits are unknown. They are threatened by habitat loss.
Listed in Appendix I, Appendix II and Appendix III of the 2019 edition of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
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Location
They are found in Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon, and possibly in Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Rwanda and Uganda.
They inhabit a variety of subtropical or tropical environments, including forests, mangroves, swamps, mountains and lakes.
Form
The shape is wide and round, the snout is shortened, and the orbits are wide. The skull is pear-shaped.
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