Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative combination: Mustela lutra
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lutra according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
See also Cherin et al. 2016, Hay 1902, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998, Kurten 1968, Linnaeus 1758, Thomas 1911 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Lutra (Satherium), Lutra affinis, Lutra brachygnathus, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra capensis, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra cinerea, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lybica, Lutra nippon, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena, Aonyx aonychoides, Aonyx antiqua, Aonyx congicus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Germany (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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