Pteronura

Pteronura brasiliensis (giant otter)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Pteronura
Species: P. brasiliensis

Name

Pteronura Gray, 1837

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

Synonyms

• Pterura Wiegmann, 1839
• Saricovia Lesson, 1842

References

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

Vernacular names

English: Giant otter
日本語: オオカワウソ属
ไทย: นากยักษ์

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