Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Aonyx congicus Lönnberg, 1910 . Ark. Zool., 7(9):1 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Lower Congo." [ Zaire ] DISTRIBUTION: Angola , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Gabon , Kenya , Nigeria , Rwanda , Uganda , Zaire . STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered as A. (Paraonyx) congica microdon . SYNONYMS: microdon Pohle, 1920 ; philippsi Hinton, 1921 . COMMENTS: Considered a distinct species by Pohle (1920) and van Zyll de Jong (1987) . Perret and Aellen (1956) included Paraonyx philippsi Hinton, 1921 , and Aonyx microdon Pohle, 1920 ; however, Harris (1968) listed these as distinct.