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Lontra (otter)
Taxonomy
Lontra was named by Gray (1843). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Hall (1981) and Willemsen (1992).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Gray (1843), Kurten and Anderson (1980), van Zyll de Jong (1987) and Wilson and Reeder (1993); to Lutrini by Pickford (2007); and to Lutrinae by Larivière (1998), Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
It was synonymized subjectively with Lutra by Hall (1981) and Willemsen (1992).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Gray (1843), Kurten and Anderson (1980), van Zyll de Jong (1987) and Wilson and Reeder (1993); to Lutrini by Pickford (2007); and to Lutrinae by Larivière (1998), Marmi et al. (2004) and Law et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Lontra Gray |
| 1980 | Lontra Kurten and Anderson |
| 1987 | Lontra van Zyll de Jong |
| 1993 | Lontra Wilson and Reeder |
| 1998 | Lontra Larivière p. 1 |
| 2004 | Lontra Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2007 | Lontra Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23 |
| 2018 | Lontra Law et al. |
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G. Lontra Gray 1843 [otter]
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Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 [North American river otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra iowa Goldman 1941 [synonym], Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym], Lutra rhoadsii Cope 1896 [synonym]
Lontra felina Molina 1782 [marine otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra brachydactyla Wagner 1841 [synonym], Lutra californica Gray 1837 [synonym], Lutra chilensis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Lutra cinerea Thomas 1908 [synonym], Lutra peruensis Gervais 1841 [synonym]
Lontra longicaudis Olfers 1818 [neotropical otter]
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Lontra longicaudis annectens Forsyth Major 1897
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Invalid names: Lutra colombiana Allen 1904 [synonym], Lutra emerita Thomas 1908 [synonym], Lutra latidens Allen 1908 [synonym], Lutra mesopetes Cabrera 1924 [synonym], Lutra parilina Thomas 1914 [synonym], Lutra repanda Goldman 1914 [synonym]
Lontra longicaudis enudris Cuvier 1823
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Invalid names: Lutra incarum Thomas 1908 [synonym], Lutra insularis Cuvier 1823 [synonym], Lutra mitis Thomas 1908 [synonym]
Lontra longicaudis longicaudis Olfers 1818
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Invalid names: Lutra latifrons Nehring 1887 [synonym], Lutra platensis Waterhouse 1838 [synonym], Lutra solitaria Wagner 1842 [synonym]
Lontra provocax Thomas 1908
†Lontra weiri Prassack 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available