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Lutra lutra  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621916

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lutra nippon Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1989
 
    Lutra lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
    Lutra lutra angustifrons Lataste, 1885
 
    Lutra lutra aurobrunneus Hodgson, 1839
 
    Lutra lutra barang F. G. Cuvier, 1823
 
    Lutra lutra chinensis Gray, 1837
 
    Lutra lutra hainana Xu and Lu, 1983
 
    Lutra lutra kutab Schinz, 1844
 
    Lutra lutra meridionalis Ognev, 1931
 
    Lutra lutra monticolus Hodgson, 1839
 
    Lutra lutra nair F. G. Cuvier, 1823
 
    Lutra lutra seistanica Birula, 1913
 
    Mustela lutra Linnaeus, 1758
 
    Lutra nair F. G. Cuvier, 1823
 
    Lutra chinensis Gray, 1837
 
    Lutra monticolus Hodgson, 1839
 
    Lutra aurobrunneus Hodgson, 1839
 
    Lutra kutab Schinz, 1844
 
    Lutra angustifrons Lataste, 1885
 
    Lustra vulgaris Erxleben, 1777
 
    Lutra fluviatilis Leach, 1816
 
    Lutra nudipes Melchior, 1834
 
    Lutra roensis Ogilby, 1834
 
    Lutronectes whiteleyi Gray, 1867
 
    Lutra stejnegeri Goldman, 1936
 
    Lutra indica Gray, 1837
 
    Lutra sinensis Trouessart, 1897
 
    Lutra hanensis Matschie, 1907
 
    Barangia nepalensis Gray, 1865
 
    Lutra japonica Nehring, 1887
 
    Mustela lutra piscatoria Kerr, 1792
 
    Lutra vulgaris marinus Billberg, 1827
 
    Lutra vulgaris baicalensis Dybowski, 1922
 
    Lutra vulgaris amurensis Dybowski, 1922
 
    Lutra vulgaris kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922
 
    Lutra lutra ceylonica Pohle, 1920
 
    Lutra lutra splendida Cabrera, 1906
 
    Lutra lutra oxiana Birula, 1915
 
    Lutra lutra aurobrunnea Hodgson, 1839
 
    Lutra lutra whiteleyi (Gray, 1867)
 
    Lutra lutra nippon Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1989
 
    Lutra lutra monticola Hodgson, 1839
 
  Common Name(s): European Otter [English]
 
    Common Otter [English]
 
    Eurasian Otter [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  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  
                                           GenusLutra Brisson, 1762 – Eurasian otters  
                                              SpeciesLutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) – European Otter, Common Otter, Eurasian Otter  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Lutra lutra    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia   
  Page(s): 631   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-343   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutra lutra, Eurasian Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hung, Nancy, and Chris J. Law  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lutra lutra (Carnivora: Mustelidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, vol. 48, no. 940   
  Page(s): 109-122   
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sew011   
  Reference for: Lutra lutra, Common Otter [English], Eurasian Otter [English], European Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kingdon, Jonathan, and Michael Hoffmann, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammals of Africa, vol. 5: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses   
  Page(s): 560   
  Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4081-22556   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutra lutra, Common Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Larivière, S., and A. P. Jennings / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Mustelidae (Weasels and relatives)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores   
  Page(s): 564-656   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-49   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutra lutra, Eurasian Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Lutra lutra   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutra lutra, European Otter [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Lutra lutra   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
    Indo-West Pacific  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Africa  
       
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