Lutra leptonyx = Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)

Query: oriental small-clawed otter

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Subject:	Lutra leptonyx = Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
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LUTRA LEPTONYX = Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus)
Source Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands / by Thomas Horsfield. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pageimage/47293070
Date 1824
Author John Curtis; William Daniell; Thomas Horsfield; Charles Joseph Hullmandel; A. Pelletier; W. Taylor
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AZoological_researches_in_Java%2C_and_the_neighbouring_islands_BHL47293070.jpg

The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its webbed digits. The Asian small-clawed otter lives in riverine habitats, freshwater wetlands and mangrove swamps. It feeds on molluscs, crabs and other small aquatic animals.

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: Aonyx
Species: Aonyx cinereus
Synonyms: Amblonyx cinereus; Aonyx cinerea

oriental small-clawed otter
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