Lontra provocax

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
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Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lontra
Species: Lontra provocax

Name

Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908)

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

Synonyms

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

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 in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN: Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) (Endangered)
• Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Southern River Otter, Huillin
hrvatski: Južna riječna vidra
polski: Wydra południowa
Türkçe: Şili su samuru

External links

Otternet
Lioncrusher's Domain
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology