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Lutra lutra (European otter)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela lutra was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lutra lutra by Hay (1902), Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), Willemsen (1992), International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998), Marmi et al. (2004), Cherin et al. (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. fatimazorhrae, L. libycus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela lutra Linnaeus p. 45
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
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:13:59
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:13:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Lutra lutra (45068)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Lutra lutra (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Lutra lutra (43653)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Lutra lutra (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway (Sunnmore) Lutra lutra (125317)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Lutra lutra (92787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Lutra lutra (196887)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Lutra lutra (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Lutra lutra (55533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Lutra lutra (122112)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Lutra lutra (191169)