Lutra Brisson 1762 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative spelling: Mustela (Lutra)

Synonyms: Barangia Gray 1865, Hydrogale Gray 1865, Latax Gray 1865, Lataxina Gervais 1855, Lutris Dumeril 1805, Lutrix Rafinesque 1815, Lutronectes Gray 1867, Nesolutra Bate 1935, Nutria Gray 1865

Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2

Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018

See also Allen 1895, Alroy 2002, Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Cherin 2017, Geraads 1997, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Koretsky and Domning 2014, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1873, Malatesta 1977, Marmi et al. 2004, Pickford 2007, Pocock 1921, Vidal 1991, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Willemsen 1992

Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx

Subtaxa: Lutra (Satherium) Lutra affinis Lutra brachygnathus Lutra bravardi Lutra bressana Lutra castiglionis Lutra fatimazohrae Lutra franconica Lutra hessica Lutra licenti Lutra lutra Lutra lybica Lutra nippon Lutra palaeoleptonyx Lutra simplicidens Lutra sumatrana Nesolutra euxena

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), China (3), Ecuador (1), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Israel (2), Italy (4), Kenya (1), Malta (1), the Netherlands (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1), Rwanda (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (5)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of China (1), Egypt (2), Ethiopia (1), France (2), Hungary (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Greece (1), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (1)

Total: 52 collections including 54 occurrences

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