What is African clawless otter?
{{speciesbox | name = African clawless otter<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft |id=14001078 |heading=''Aonyx capensis''}}</ref> | image = Aonyx capensis, male, Shamvura.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|author= Hoffmann, M. |year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1793/0|title=''Aonyx capensis''|access-date=9 April 2015}}</ref> | genus = Aonyx | parent_authority = [[Rene Lesson|Lesson]], 1827 | species = capensis | authority = ([[Heinrich Rudolf Schinz|Schinz]], 1821) | range_map = African Clawless Otter area.png | range_map_caption = African clawless otter range }} The '''African clawless otter''' (''Aonyx capensis'') is a type of [[otter]]. It is also called the '''Cape clawless otter''' or '''groot otter'''. It is the largest type of otter that live in [[Africa]]. It is also the second-largest type of otter that live in [[Fresh water|freshwater]]. African clawless otters are found near permanent bodies of [[water]] in [[Savanna|savannah]] and lowland forest areas. They found in most of [[sub-Saharan Africa]], except for the [[Congo River basin]] and [[Desert|arid]] places.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Project)|first1=Janice Reed-Smith (African Otter Outreach|last2=Jacques|first2=Helene|last3=Pretoria)|first3=Michael Somers (University of|date=2014-06-14|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Aonyx capensis|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2020-09-11|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Near threatened species]] [[Category:Mustelids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]] {{biology-stub}}