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)
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 mass | 15100 kg | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ body mass | 12900 kg | N = 3 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 31 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 28 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ ear length | 29 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 730 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ head and body length | 736 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ head and body length | 829 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 130 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ hind foot length | 139 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ hind foot length | 152 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 138 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 128 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ skull length | 134 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 495 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♀ tail length | 515 mm | N = 1 | Stuart 1981 |
♂ tail length | 487 mm | N = 7 | Stuart 1981 |
See also Aonyx, Aonyx cinereus, Aonyx sp.