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Lutra
Brisson, 1762
- river otters
(mammal)
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Entity:
Lutrini (Tribe)
..†Algarolutra (Genus)
..Hydrictis (Genus)
..Lontra (Genus)
..Lutrogale (Genus)
..†Paralutra (Genus)
..Pteronura (Genus) - giant otter
..‡Sardolutra (Genus)
..†Satherium (Genus)
..Lutra (Genus) - river otters
....Lutra lutra (Species) - European otter
....Lutra nippon (Species) - Japanese otter
....Lutra sumatrana (Species) - hairy-nosed otter
....†Lutra trinacriae (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Brisson, M.J. 1762.
Reg. Anim.
(ed. 2)
: 13, 201.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894
: 64.
Types
Type of
:
Lutrini
(Tribe)
Bonaparte, 1838
Type, by original designation
:
Lutra lutra
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Lutra
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Incorrect authorship
:
Lutra
(Genus)
Brünnich, 1772
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Barangia
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Hydrictis
(Genus)
Pocock, 1921
Ref:
PBDB
: 12 Feb 2019.
Synonymous name
:
Hydrogale
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Latax
(Genus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Lataxina
(Genus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Lutris
(Genus)
Duméril, 1806
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Lutrix
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1815
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Lutrogale
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Lutronectes
(Genus)
Gray, 1867
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name
:
Nutria
(Genus)
Gray, 1865
Ref:
PBDB
: 30 Apr 2013.
Including
:
Lontra
(Genus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including
:
†
Nesolutra
(Genus)
Bate, 1935
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gewone otters
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
river otters
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