Pteronura

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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: Pteronura
Species: P. brasiliensis

[edit] Name

Pteronura Gray, 1837

Type species: Pteronura sambachii Gray, 1837 (= Mustela brasilinesis Gmelin, 1788), by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

[edit] Synonyms

• Pterura Wiegmann, 1839
• Saricovia Lesson, 1842

[edit] References

• Gray, J. E. 1837. Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 580.
• Pteronura 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).
• Pteronura Gray, 1837 Report on ITIS

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