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Pteronura brasiliensis  (Zimmermann, 1780)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1086352

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
  
    Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
  
    Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger, 1830)
  
    Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz, 1821)
  
    Lutra brasiliana Shaw, 1800
  
    Lutra lupina Schinz, 1821
  
    Pteronura sambachii Gray, 1837
  
    Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann, 1838
  
    Lutra paraguensis Schinz, 1821
  
    Lutra paranensis Rengger, 1830
  
    Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin, 1788
  
    Lutra brasiliensis Zimmermann, 1780
  
  Common Name(s): Giant Otter [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyLutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 – otters  
                                           GenusPteronura Gray, 1837 – giant otters  
                                              SpeciesPteronura brasiliensis (Zimmermann, 1780) – Giant Otter  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Noonan, Paula, Siobhan Prout, and Virginia Hayssen  
  Publication Date: 2017   
  Article/Chapter Title: Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, vol. 49, no. 953   
  Page(s): 97-108   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sex012   
  Reference for: Pteronura brasiliensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Noonan et al. (2017:97) note, 'Historically a northern and southern subspecies have been named but genetic data do not support this distinction (Garcia et al. 2007). Thus the species is monotypic'  
    Noonan et al. (2017:97) note that Zimmermann's 1780 (p.316) use of 'Lutra (brasiliensis)' is the first legitimate use after 1758, so authorship should reflect this. Gmelin's (1788:93) use of [Mustela lutris] brasiliensis becomes a subsequent combination of Zimmerman's, or alternatively a junior secondary homonym  
 

 

    

 
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