African clawless otter

African clawless otter
	On the banks of the Okavango River, Namibia
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Aonyx; Lesson, 1827
Species:	A. capensis
Binomial name
	Aonyx capensis; (Schinz, 1821)
	African clawless otter range
Synonyms
	Anahyster calabaricus, Murray, 1860 Aonyx delalandi, Lesson, 1827 ; Lutra capensis, Schinz, 1821 Lutra inunguis, F. G. Cuvier, 1823 ; Lutra lenoiri, Rochebrune, 1888;

The African clawless otter (Aonyx capensis), also known as the Cape clawless otter or groot otter, is the second-largest freshwater otter species. It inhabits permanent water bodies in savannah and lowland forest areas through most of sub-Saharan Africa. It is characterised by partly webbed and clawless feet, from which their name is derived. The word 'aonyx' means clawless, derived from the prefix a- ("without") and onyx ("claw/hoof").

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