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Aonyx capensis (carnivore)

Mass: 14 kg based on Stuart 1981

Diet: invertivore-carnivore based on Stuart 1981

Abundance: 0.04 to 0.70% (median 0.20%)

Latitudinal range: -34.4° to 1.1°

Habitats: (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

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Found in 8 samples

Republic of the Congo: Forestry Management Unit Ngombé

South Africa: Drakensberg Midlands, Equus Cave (Unit 1B), Plovers Lake, Blombos Cave (Phase M3), Equus Cave (Unit 2A), Equus Cave (Unit 2B)

Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan)

Size measurements:
♂ body mass15100 kgN = 7Stuart 1981
♂ body mass12900 kgN = 3Stuart 1981
♂ ear length31 mmN = 7Stuart 1981
♂ ear length28 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ ear length29 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length730 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ head and body length736 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ head and body length829 mmN = 7Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length130 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ hind foot length139 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ hind foot length152 mmN = 7Stuart 1981
♂ skull length138 mmN = 7Stuart 1981
♂ skull length128 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ skull length134 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ tail length495 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♀ tail length515 mmN = 1Stuart 1981
♂ tail length487 mmN = 7Stuart 1981

See also Aonyx, Aonyx cinereus, Aonyx sp.

Current reference: Shotwell 1968 (ER 3992)