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The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus), also known as the oriental small-clawed otter and the small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its webbed digits. With a total body length of 730 to 960 mm (28.6 to 37.6 in), and a maximum weight of 3.5 kg ...
An Asian small-clawed otter. In 2013, the city of Susaki, Kochi Prefecture unveiled an official mascot called Shinjo-kun (しんじょう君), an extinct Japanese river otter wearing a nabeyaki (hot pot) ramen dish for a hat. [2] [3] The Shinjo river in Susaki is noted as the place of the last official sighting of the species in 1979.
Aonyx is a genus of otters, containing three species, the African clawless otter, the Congo clawless otter, and the Asian small-clawed otter. The word aonyx means "clawless", derived from the prefix a- ("without") and onyx ("claw/hoof").
The internet was aghast that two Asian Small-Clawed Otters had to wait even for a second to get their breakfast. The animals themselves were steamed at their caretaker at the Wild Animal Safari in ...
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Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) Illiger, 1815; Greater hog badger (Arctonyx collaris) Cuvier, 1825 [36] Northern hog badger (Arctonyx albogularis) Blyth, 1853 [37] Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) (Linnaeus, 1758) Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) (Gray, 1865) extirpated; Smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) (I. Geoffroy ...
Jin (2001 or 2002–2010) was an Asian small-clawed otter who escaped from New Zealand's Auckland Zoo in 2006. She was captured almost a month later on Rangitoto Island, in the Hauraki Gulf, after swimming an estimated 20 kilometres, and was returned to the zoo.
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