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Mazu from Congo

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Infraordo: Arctoidea
Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: Aonyx congicus
Name

Aonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910

Type locality: "Lower Congo."
Synonyms

Paraonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910
Aonyx microdon Pohle, 1919
Paraonyx philippsi Hinton, 1921
Aonyx capensis congica Lönnberg, 1910

References

Lönnberg, E. 1910. A new subspecies of clawless otter (Aonyx capensis congica) from Lower Congo. Arkiv för Zoologi 7:1–8.
Serge Larivière, 2001. Aonyx congicus, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammalogists, No. 650, pp. 1–3, 2 figs.
Aonyx capensis congica on Mammal Species of the World.

Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

IUCN: Aonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910 (Least Concern)
Aonyx capensis congicus (Lönnberg, 1910) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
dansk: Congolesisk fingerodder
Deutsch: Kongo-Fingerotter (Kongo-Keinkrallenotter, Kongo-Weißwangenotter)
English: Congo Clawless Otter
español: Nutria del Congo
français: Loutre à joues blanches du Congo
polski: Wydra kameruńska
Türkçe: Kongo parmaklı samuru

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