Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combination: Cyrnolutra castiglionis
Full reference: E. Pereira and M. Salotti. 2000. Cyrnolutra castiglionis, une nouvelle forme de loutre (Mustelidae, Lutrinae), dans un depot du Pleistocene moyen Casiglione 3CG (Oletta, Haute-Corse). Comptes Rendus Academie de Science Paris Sciences de la Terre et des planetes 331(1):45-52
Belongs to Lutra according to G. F. Willemsen 2006
See also Pereira and Salotti 2000
Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena
Type specimen: Its type locality is Castiglione 3, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill conglomerate in France
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Castiglione 3
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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