Lutra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lutra
Species (6 + †1): L. capensis – L. cinerea – L. congica – L. lutra – L. perspicillata – L. sumatrana – †L. nippon

Name

Lutra Brisson, 1762: 201 [conserved name]

Type species: Mustela lutra Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
Gender: feminine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).

Synonyms

According to Wozencraft (2005):

Lutris Duméril, 1806
Lutrix Rafinesque, 1815
Lutronectes Gray, 1867
Mamlutraus Herrera, 1899

Additionally, de Ferran et al. (2022) synonymized under Lutra:

Aonyx Lesson, 1827
Amblonyx Rafinesque, 1832
Lutrogale Gray, 1865

References

Primary references

Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Wozencraft, W.C. 2005. Order Carnivora. pp. 532–628. In Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds) Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Third edition. Vol. I. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. Reference page.
de Ferran, V., Figueiró, H.V., de Jesus Trindade, F., Smith, O., Sinding, M.-H.S., Trinca, C.S., Lazzari, S.Z., Veron, G., Vianna, J.A., Barbanera, F., Kliver, S., Serdyukova, N., Bulyonkova, T., Ryder, O.A., Gilbert, M.T.P., Koepfli, K.-P. & Eizirik, E. 2022. Phylogenomics of the world’s otters. Current Biology 32(16): 3650–3658. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.036.

Links

Lutra in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Lutra – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Kotava: Merikol
azərbaycanca: Susamuru
brezhoneg: Ki-dour
bosanski: Vidra
català: Llúdria
čeština: Vydra
Cymraeg: Dwrgi
dansk: Odder
Deutsch: Fischotter
Ελληνικά: Βίδρα
English: Otter
Esperanto: Lutro
español: Nutria
eesti: Saarmas
euskara: Igaraba
suomi: Saukko
Nordfriisk: Faskoter
français: Loutre
Frysk: Otter
galego: Lontra
hrvatski: Vidra
magyar: Vidra
Bahasa Indonesia: Berang-berang
italiano: Lontra
日本語: カワウソ属
한국어: 수달
Limburgs: Otter
lietuvių: Ūdra
latviešu: Ūdrs
македонски: Видра
Bahasa Melayu: Memerang
Nederlands: Otter
norsk nynorsk: Oter
norsk: Oter
occitan: Loira
polski: Wydry
português: Lontra
română: Vidră
русский: Выдра
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Vidra
slovenčina: Vydra
slovenščina: Vidra
српски / srpski: Видра
svenska: Utter
ไทย: นากใหญ่
Türkçe: Eski dünya samurları
українська: Видра