Lontra provocax

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lontra
Species: Lontra provocax

[edit] Name

Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908)

Type species: "south of Lake Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia" [Argentina].

[edit] Synonyms

• Lutra huidobria Gay, 1847 [nomen nudum]
• Lutra provocax Thomas, 1908
• Lontra paranensis (Thomas, 1908)

[edit] References

• Thomas, O. 1908. On certain African on South American otters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8, 1:391
• Serge Larivière, 1999. Lontra provocax, Mammalian Species, American Socoiety of Mammologists, No. 610, pp. 1-4, 3 figs.
• Lontra provocax on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) (Endangered)
• Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) Report on ITIS

[edit] Vernacular names

[edit] External links

Otternet
Lioncrusher's Domain
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology