Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative spelling: Mustela (Lutra)
Synonyms: Amblonyx Rafinesque 1832, Anahyster Murray 1860, Aonyx Lesson 1827, 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, Allen 1919, Alroy 2002, Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Cherin 2017, de Ferran et al. 2022, 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, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Aonyx antiqua Aonyx aonychoides Aonyx congicus 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 lutra Lutra lybica Lutra nippon Lutra palaeoleptonyx Lutra perspicillata Lutra simplicidens Lutra sumatrana Nesolutra euxena
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), China (4), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Ecuador (1), France (3), Georgia (2), Germany (4), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Israel (2), Italy (4), Kenya (1), Malta (1), the Netherlands (2), Norway (1), the Philippines (2), the Russian Federation (1), Rwanda (1), South Africa (15), Tanzania (2), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (5), Vietnam (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Kenya (2)
• Pliocene of China (1), Egypt (2), Ethiopia (2), France (2), Hungary (2), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Greece (1), Spain (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
Total: 82 collections including 85 occurrences
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