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GENUS Lutra

Author:Brisson, 1762.
Citation:Regnum Animale, Ed. 2, 13: 201-203.
Type Species:Mustela lutra Linnaeus, 1758.
Comments:Brisson (1762) was ruled unavailable (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1955a); however, Lutra was ruled as still available (ICZN, 1998). Pocock (1921c, 1941a) recognized Lutrogale Gray, 1865, and Hydrictis Pocock, 1921. Harris (1968) and van Zyll de Jong (1987, 1991a) considered lutra, maculicollis, and sumatrana to represent a single monophyletic group; furthermore, van Zyll de Jong's analysis supported separation of perspicillata from other Lutra, which is followed here. Van Zyll de Jong (1972) referred New World otters to Lontra (see comment therein). McKenna and Bell (1997) included Lontra in Lutra; otherwise allocated according to McKenna and Bell (1997).
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SPECIES lutra

SUBSPECIES lutra

SUBSPECIES angustifrons

SUBSPECIES aurobrunneus

SUBSPECIES barang

SUBSPECIES chinensis

SUBSPECIES hainana

SUBSPECIES kutab

SUBSPECIES meridionalis

SUBSPECIES monticolus

SUBSPECIES nair

SUBSPECIES seistanica

SPECIES nippon

SPECIES sumatrana

Synonyms:

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

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