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GENUS Chironectes

Author:Illiger, 1811.
Citation:Prodr. Syst. Mammal. Avium.: 76.
Type Species:Lutra minima Zimmermann, 1780, by monotypy.
Comments:Memina G. Fischer, 1813, is a nomen nudum. Cheronectes Fleming, 1822, Cheironectes Gray, 1827, Cheironectes Jentink, 1888, and Chironeytes Goeldi and Hagmann, 1904, are incorrect subsequent spellings of Chironectes Illiger.
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Offspring:

SPECIES minimus

SUBSPECIES minimus

SUBSPECIES argyrodytes

SUBSPECIES langsdorffi

SUBSPECIES panamensis

Synonyms:

    Gamba Liais, 1872
    Memina G. Fischer, 1814
    Sarigua Muirhead, 1819

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