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Lutra (otter)
Taxonomy
Lutra was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; see also ICZN opinion 1998
based on Wilson and Reeder 1993, all North American records of this genus are actually Lontra]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Mustela (Lutra) by Kerr (1792).
It was assigned to Mustela by Kerr (1792); to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Lutrini by Willemsen (1992), Baskin (1998) and Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Brisson (1762), Leidy (1873), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Koretsky and Domning (2014); and to Lutrinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Marmi et al. (2004), Cherin (2017) and Law et al. (2018).
It was reranked as Mustela (Lutra) by Kerr (1792).
It was assigned to Mustela by Kerr (1792); to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Lutrini by Willemsen (1992), Baskin (1998) and Pickford (2007); to Mustelidae by Brisson (1762), Leidy (1873), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Koretsky and Domning (2014); and to Lutrinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Marmi et al. (2004), Cherin (2017) and Law et al. (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1762 | Lutra Brisson |
1792 | Mustela (Lutra) Kerr |
1805 | Lutris Dumeril |
1815 | Lutrix Rafinesque |
1825 | Lutra Gray p. 339 |
1855 | Lataxina Gervais |
1865 | Barangia Gray |
1865 | Hydrogale Gray |
1865 | Latax Gray |
1865 | Nutria Gray |
1867 | Lutronectes Gray |
1873 | Lutra Leidy p. 316 |
1902 | Lutra Hay p. 768 |
1935 | Nesolutra Bate |
1968 | Lutra Kurten p. 105 |
1977 | Nesolutra Malatesta |
1980 | Lutra Kurten and Anderson p. 158 |
1988 | Lutra Carroll |
1991 | Lutra Vidal p. 6 |
1992 | Lutra Willemsen p. 12 |
1997 | Lutra Geraads p. 153 |
1998 | Lutra Baskin p. 161 |
2004 | Lutra Marmi et al. p. 492 |
2007 | Lutra Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23 |
2010 | Lutra Werdelin and Peigne p. 620 |
2014 | Lutra Koretsky and Domning p. 227 |
2017 | Lutra Cherin p. 435 |
2018 | Lutra Law et al. |
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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. Lutra Brisson 1762 [otter]
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Subg. †Lutra (Satherium) Gazin 1934
†Lutra affinis Gervais 1859
†Lutra brachygnathus Schlosser 1903
†Lutra bravardi Pomel 1843
†Lutra bressana Deperet 1893
†Lutra castiglionis Pereira and Salotti 2000
†Lutra fatimazohrae Geraads 1997
†Lutra franconica Quenstedt 1885
†Lutra hessica Lydekker 1890
†Lutra licenti Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 [European otter]
†Lutra lybica Stromer 1914
†Lutra nippon Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki 1989 [Japanese otter]
†Lutra palaeoleptonyx Falconer 1868
†Lutra simplicidens Thenius 1965
†Lutra sumatrana Gray 1865
Invalid names: Barangia Gray 1865 [synonym], Hydrogale Gray 1865 [synonym], Latax Gray 1865 [synonym], Lataxina Gervais 1855 [synonym], Lutris Dumeril 1805 [synonym], Lutrix Rafinesque 1815 [synonym], Lutronectes Gray 1867 [synonym], Nesolutra Bate 1935 [synonym], Nutria Gray 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available