Pteronura brasiliensis

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Pteronura brasiliensis

[edit] Taxonavigation

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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: Pteronura brasiliensis
Subspecies: P. b. brasiliensis - P. b. paraguensis

[edit] Name

Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Type locality: "in fluviis americae meridionalis"; Cabrera (1957:274) restricted to "rió São Francisco, en la orilla correspondiente al estado de Alagoas", Brazil.

[edit] References

• In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 93.
• Pteronura brasiliensis 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: Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) (Endangered)
• Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) Report on ITIS
• [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I

[edit] Vernacular names

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