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Lutra (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

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 Lutrinae by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); to Lutrini by Willemsen (1992), Baskin (1998) and Pickford (2007); and to Mustelidae by Brisson (1762), Leidy (1873), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Vidal (1991), Geraads (1997), Werdelin and Peigne (2010) and Koretsky and Domning (2014).

Species

L. affinis, L. bravardi, L. bressana, L. castiglionis, L. fatimazohrae, L. franconica, L. hessica, L. licenti, L. lutra, L. lybica, L. maculicollis, L. palaeoleptonyx, L. piscinaria, L. simplicidens, L. sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena

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Synonyms

Lutris was named by Dumeril (1805). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Lutrix was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Lataxina was named by Gervais (1855). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Barangia was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Hydrogale was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was replaced with Hydrictis by Pocock (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Latax was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Nutria was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
Lutronectes was named by Gray (1867). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Willemsen (1992).
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).
Nesolutra was named by Bate (1935). It is not extant.

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

It was assigned to Lutrinae by Malatesta (1977).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
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
1921	Hydrictis Pocock
1935	Nesolutra Bate
1968	Lutra Kurten p. 105
1977	Nesolutra Malatesta
1980	Lutra Kurten and Anderson p. 158
1988	Hydrictis Carroll
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

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Triploblastica
—	Nephrozoa
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
—	Sarcopterygii
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda	()
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
—	Batrachosauria	()
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Synapsida	()
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Epicynodontia
infraorder	Eucynodontia
—	Probainognathia
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
infraclass	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Ferae	()
—	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
—	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Caniformia	Kretzoi 1943
family	Mustelidae	Fischer 1817
subfamily	Lutrinae	Baird 1857
genus	Lutra

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available