Talk:Asian small-clawed otter

cinereus or cinerea?

I changed the specific name to cinereus, which is correct in combination with the genus name Aonyx. Aonyx comes from greek α and ονυξ (without claw) and the word is grammaticale masculine, which means that cinereus must have a masculine form. According to the international rules Aonyx cinerea is not acceptable.--Laplandgerard (talk) 13:36, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

According to Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. the accepted scientific name for this species is Aonyx cinerea. That name is also used in all but one of the article's references—the exception being the IUCN Otter Specialist Group. The IUCN Red List uses Aonyx cinerea as does the other references. Thus, I am changing back to the original Aonyx cinerea until opposing taxonomic evidence is presented. Pinethicket (talk) 14:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

It's said "A synonym for the oriental small-clawed otter is Aonyx cinereus." and links to IUCN Otter Specialist Group reference, where it's written (updated March 27, 2015) "This species used to be known as Amblonyx cinereus, and before that as Aonyx cinerea. DNA work by Koepfli & Wayne (1998 & 2003) indicated that the Asian Small-Clawed Otter is a sister species to the African Clawless and Congo Clawless Otters. Aonyx is the older name, so the Asian Small-Clawed Otter is now Aonyx cinereus." Other references supporting Aonyx cinereus are Wright, L., de Silva, P., Chan, B. & Reza Lubis, I. 2015. Aonyx cinereus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015, ITIS, Catalogue of Life: 20th November 2015, and GBIF. I think it is time to change. --DPC (talk) 17:05, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

The IUCN Red List has switched to Aonyx cinereus, as has the ITIS Catalogue of Life. According to Google Scholar the names have appeared with approximately similar frequency in recent years, but it's worth noting that A. cinereus appears more frequently in article titles. Among specialists, it seems A. cinereus is currently favored.216.125.167.229 (talk) 19:41, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

change the photo.

its a good photo but I don't think that its right for the purpose. there are plenty great small clawed otter photos on the web. Can someone please change it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kleinzahnfischotter (talk • contribs) 16:33, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Where does it sit in the food web?

A commercial YT video calls it an apex predator, but surely it's hunted by larger animals? Imagine Reason (talk) 15:12, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Aonyx species + Lutrogale perspicillata --- > Genus Lutra

According to the last revision (Version 1.10, December 3rd 2023), all the species of Aonyx (A. capensis, A. cinereus and A. congicus) as well as the the only extant member of the genus Lutrogale (L. perspicillata) are moving/were moved to the genus Lutra. - Gimly24 (talk) 16:07, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

This revision in the link is based on one not yet peer reviewed article, which does not take the fossil record into account. Before such a revision gets accepted we need to await reactions in the scientific community. Good though that it is mentioned here in the talk page. Laplandgerard (talk) 09:55, 18 February 2023 (UTC)

References

Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

@BhagyaMani: Special:Diff/927285943: Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger died in 1813 (according to the linked article), but he proposed something in 1815? --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 14:24, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Publishing scripts apparently took much longer in the 19th century than today. – BhagyaMani (talk) 19:10, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

Yup; the linked article also lists the posthumous publication in question. Anaxial (talk) 19:14, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

OK. I just wanted to be sure that „Illiger” really meant Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger and not another Illiger, as mistakes sometimes occur. --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 19:40, 21 March 2023 (UTC)