Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821) . In G. Cuvier, Das Thierreich, 1:211.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Capischer otter... Afrika" [South Africa, Cape Province].

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: angolae Thomas, 1908; calaboricus Murray, 1860; coombsi Roberts, 1926; delalandi Lesson, 1827; gambianus Gray, 1865; helios Heller, 1913; hindei Thomas, 1905; inunguis F. G. Cuvier, 1823; lenoiri Rochebrune, 1888; meneleki Thomas, 1902; poensis Waterhouse, 1838 .