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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Lutrinae
--> GENUS Lontra
SPECIES Lontra provocax
| Author: | Thomas, 1908. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 1: 391. | | Common Name: | Southern River Otter | | Type Locality: | "south of Lake Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia" [Argentina]. | | Distribution: | Patagonia (C and S Chile, W Argentina), between 36°S and 52°S. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Placed in Lontra by van Zyll de Jong (1987). Reviewed by Larivière (1999a). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
huidobria (Gay, 1847)
paranensis (Thomas, 1908)
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