Summary ⁴

Secretive animal - often its presence is only known from its spoor which have distinctive stubby toes.
Lives where there is water it can swim in. Probably more of an animal of riparian and stream habitats than swamp forest.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) i_c_riddell, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by i_c_riddell
2. (c) Frans Vandewalle, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/snarfel/6956904931/
3. (c) magriet b, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by magriet b
4. Adapted by Ricky Taylor from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aonyx_capensis

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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