Lutra

Lutra lutra, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Spain

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lutra
Species (2 + †1): L. lutra – †L. nippon – L. sumatrana

Name

Lutra Brisson, 1762: 201 [conserved name]

• Type species: Mustela lutra Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).

Synonyms

• Lutris Duméril, 1806
• Lutrix Rafinesque, 1815
• Lutronectes Gray, 1867
• Mamlutraus Herrera, 1899

References

Primary references

• Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Lutra in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Lutra – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Susamuru
bosanski: Vidra
català: Llúdria
čeština: Vydra
Cymraeg: Dwrgi
dansk: Odder
Deutsch: Fischotter
English: Otter
Esperanto: Lutro
español: Nutria
eesti: Saarmas
suomi: Saukko
Nordfriisk: Faskoter
français: Loutre
Frysk: Otter
galego: Lontra
Bahasa Indonesia: Berang-berang
italiano: Lutrinae
日本語: カワウソ属
한국어: 수달
lietuvių: Ūdra
македонски: Видра
Bahasa Melayu: Memerang
Nederlands: Otter
norsk nynorsk: Oter
norsk: Oter
polski: Wydry
português: Lontra
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Vidra
српски / srpski: Видра
svenska: Utter
ไทย: นากใหญ่
Türkçe: Eski dünya samurları
українська: Видра

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