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) (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 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.