Aonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910 . Ark. Zool., 7(9):1.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Lower Congo." [Zaire]

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered as A. (Paraonyx) congica microdon .

SYNONYMS: microdon Pohle, 1920; philippsi Hinton, 1921 .

COMMENTS: Considered a distinct species by Pohle (1920) and van Zyll de Jong (1987). Perret and Aellen (1956) included Paraonyx philippsi Hinton, 1921, and Aonyx microdon Pohle, 1920; however, Harris (1968) listed these as distinct.