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) (Late Pleistocene), Plovers Lake (Late Pleistocene), Blombos Cave (Phase M3) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Equus Cave (Unit 2B) (Late Pleistocene)
Zambia: Leopard's Hill Cave (Pre-Nachikufan) (Late Pleistocene)
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.