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Taxon: Genus Lutra Brisson, 1762 - river otters (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  M.J. Brisson, 1762, nom. cons.
Original name:  Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 13, 201.
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Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 64.

Types

Type of: Lutrini (Tribe) Bonaparte, 1838
Type, by original designation: Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Unavailable name: Lutra (Genus) nom. inval.
Incorrect authorship: Lutra (Genus) Brünnich, 1772 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Barangia (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Hydrictis (Genus) Pocock, 1921 Ref: PBDB: 12 Feb 2019.
Synonymous name: Hydrogale (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Latax (Genus) Gray, 1843 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Lataxina (Genus) Gray, 1843 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Lutris (Genus) Duméril, 1806 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Lutrix (Genus) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Lutrogale (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name: Lutronectes (Genus) Gray, 1867 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Synonymous name: Nutria (Genus) Gray, 1865 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Lontra (Genus) Gray, 1843 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Including: †Nesolutra (Genus) Bate, 1935 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: gewone otters

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: river otters
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