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.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (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

Vernacular names

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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