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Lutra lutra (European otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela lutra Linnaeus p. 45 figs. Fig. 2
1902Lutra lutra Hay p. 768
1911Lutra lutra Thomas p. 138
1968Lutra lutra Kurten p. 107
1992Lutra lutra Willemsen p. 13
1998Lutra lutra International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 65
2004Lutra lutra Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2016Lutra lutra Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusLutra
specieslutra()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 [European otter]
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