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Pteronura brasiliensis (giant otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Lutra brasiliensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lutra (Pteronura) brasiliensis by Nehring (1900); it was recombined as Pteronura brasiliensis by Willemsen (1992), Carter and Rosas (1997), Marmi et al. (2004), Prevosti and Ferrero (2008) and Cherin et al. (2016).

Synonyms
  • Lutra paranensis was named by Rennger (1830) [non Lutra paranensis Burmeister 1861 (apparently an inadvertent renaming); non Lutra paranensis Elliot 1901 (synonym of Lontra canadensis)]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Lutra (Pteronura) paranensis by Nehring (1900); it was synonymized subjectively with Pteronura brasiliensis by Carter and Rosas (1997).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Lutra brasiliensis Gmelin
1830Lutra paranensis Rennger
1900Lutra (Pteronura) brasiliensis Nehring p. 222
1900Lutra (Pteronura) paranensis Nehring p. 222
1992Pteronura brasiliensis Willemsen p. 114
1997Pteronura brasiliensis Carter and Rosas p. 3
2000Lutra paranensis Bargo et al. p. 610
2004Pteronura brasiliensis Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2008Pteronura brasiliensis Prevosti and Ferrero p. 1172
2016Pteronura brasiliensis 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
genusPteronuraGray 1837
speciesbrasiliensis(Gmelin 1788)

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.

Pteronura brasiliensis Gmelin 1788 [giant otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra paranensis Rennger 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Mandible height12.34

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:14:19
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:14:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Pteronura brasiliensis (92815)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Pteronura brasiliensis (203952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso) Pteronura brasiliensis (136521)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Rios) Pteronura brasiliensis (92299)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Pteronura brasiliensis (21689)