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SPECIES Lutra lutra

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 45.
Common Name:European Otter
Type Locality:"Europæ aquis dulcibus, fluviis, flagnis, piscinis," subsequently restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Upsala" [Sweden].
Distribution:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, North and South Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Urkaine, Vietnam.
Status:CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.
Comments:Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki (1989) considered Japanese otters a distinct species (L. nippon). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).
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SUBSPECIES lutra

SUBSPECIES angustifrons

SUBSPECIES aurobrunneus

SUBSPECIES barang

SUBSPECIES chinensis

SUBSPECIES hainana

SUBSPECIES kutab

SUBSPECIES meridionalis

SUBSPECIES monticolus

SUBSPECIES nair

SUBSPECIES seistanica

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