. The carnivores of West Africa. 148 THE CARNIVOUFS OF WEST AFIUCA Genus AONYX Lesson, 1827 African Clawless Otters . Losoii, iS:!7, Mmnul lic maminaloiiic, oil hisloirc nalurcUc dcs iiiatiiiiiijcrcs: !$"â Type species Aoiiyx dilalaiiM Lesson ( -= Ultra capinsis Schinz), from the Cape ot Good Hope. The name is the two Greek words a without, and onyx claw, with rctercnce to tlie tect. Aiiahysli-r Murray, 1R60, Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb. 2: 157. Type species Aiialiyslcr culaharkm Murray (= Liimi capcnsis Schinz) from Calabar, Nigeria. This name is given by Murray himselt as meaning
. The carnivores of West Africa. 148 THE CARNIVOUFS OF WEST AFIUCA Genus AONYX Lesson, 1827 African Clawless Otters . Losoii, iS:!7, Mmnul lic maminaloiiic, oil hisloirc nalurcUc dcs iiiatiiiiiijcrcs: !$"â Type species Aoiiyx dilalaiiM Lesson ( -= Ultra capinsis Schinz), from the Cape ot Good Hope. The name is the two Greek words a without, and onyx claw, with rctercnce to tlie tect. Aiiahysli-r Murray, 1R60, Proc. R. phys. Soc. Edinb. 2: 157. Type species Aiialiyslcr culaharkm Murray (= Liimi capcnsis Schinz) from Calabar, Nigeria. This name is given by Murray himselt as meaning belonging to an estuary, since Calabar lies in the estuary of the Cross and Calabar liivcrs, but whence such a meaning was derived is not clear. Piiriiiiii/.v Hinton, 1921, .4iiii. Mag. nat. Hist, (g) 7: 194-196. Type species Paraoiiyx philippsi Hinton, Uganda. The name is a compound o(Aoiiyx with the Greek prefix para meaning near. Valid as a sub- genus. There arc two groups of clawless otters, one wholly African, the other wholly Asian; the former arc assigned to the genus Aouyx, the latter to cither as a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Rosevear, Donovan Reginald, 1900-1986; British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Mammals]. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
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