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Hydrictis (speckle-throated otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Hydrictis was named by Pocock (1921). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); and to Lutrinae by Law et al. (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Hydrictis Pocock
1988Hydrictis Carroll
2018Hydrictis Law et al.

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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
genusHydrictisPocock 1921

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.

G. Hydrictis Pocock 1921 [speckle-throated otter]
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Hydrictis maculicollis Lichtenstein 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available