Cameroon Clawless Otter

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Aonyx
Species:	A. congicus

Binomial name

Aonyx congicus
Lönnberg, 1910

The Cameroon Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Small-clawed Otter, Small-toothed Clawless Otter, or Zaire Clawless Otter (Aonyx congicus) is a species of mammal in the Mustelidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, possibly Angola, possibly Burundi, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Equatorial Guinea, possibly Nigeria, possibly Rwanda, and possibly Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, freshwater spring, inland deltas, saline lakes, intermittent saline lakes, saline marches, intermittent saline marches, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, rocky shores, sandy shores, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, intertidal marches, coastal saline lagoons, coastal freshwater lagoons, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.