Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: Y. Imaizumi and M. Yoshiyuki. 1989. Taxonomic status of the Japanese otter (Carnivora, Mustelidae), with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo Series A 15:177-188
Belongs to Lutra according to Y. Imaizumi and M. Yoshiyuki 1989
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 lutra, Lutra lybica, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra perspicillata, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Aonyx antiqua, Aonyx aonychoides, Aonyx congicus, Nesolutra euxena
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lutra nippon in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.