African or Cape clawless otter vs Deviltree

Aonyx capensis compared with Alstonia macrophylla

Key Differences

• African or Cape clawless otter is Near Threatened while Deviltree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African or Cape clawless otter	Deviltree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Aonyx	Alstonia
Species	Aonyx capensis	Alstonia macrophylla

Conservation Status

African or Cape clawless otter

NT — Near Threatened

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African or Cape clawless otter	Deviltree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African or Cape clawless otter

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

African or Cape clawless otter

The African or Cape clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) is a species in the genus Aonyx. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.