Pteronura brasiliensis

Pteronura brasiliensis

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

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.

References

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

Vernacular names

العربية: القضّاعة العملاقة
català: Llúdria gegant
dansk: Afrikansk kæmpeodder
Deutsch: Riesenotter
English: Giant Otter
español: Nutria Gigante
français: Loutre géante
hrvatski: Divovska vidra
Nederlands: Reuzenotter
日本語: オオカワウソ
polski: Wydra olbrzymia, arirania
português: Ariranha
suomi: Jättiläissaukko
svenska: Jätteutter
ไทย: นากยักษ์
Türkçe: Dev samur
中文: 巨獺

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