Lutra lutra whiteleyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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
Subgenus: Lutra (Lutra)
Species: Lutra lutra
Subspecies: †Lutra lutra whiteleyi

Name

†Lutra lutra whiteleyi (Gray, 1867)

Synonyms

• Lutronectes whiteleyi Gray, 1867:180
  • Type locality: “Japan.” Resricted to Hakodate City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.
• [Lutra vulgaris] Varietas japonica Nehring, 1887:22
  • Type locality: “japanischen.” Renaming of whiteleyi Gray, 1867.

Remarks: Does not included nippon Imaizumi & Yoshiyuki, 1989.

References

• Gray, J.E. 1867. Notice of Lutronectes whiteleyi, an otter from Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 180–182.
• Nehring A. 1887. Über die Gray’schen Fischotter-gattungen Lutronectes, Lontra und Pteronura. Sitzungs-Bericht der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 15: 21–25.
• Imaizumi, Y. 1975. A taxonomic investigation of Lutronectes whiteleyi Gray. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan 6(3): 127–136. DOI: 10.11238/jmammsocjapan1952.6.127.
• Imaizumi, Y. & Yoshiyuki, M. 1989. Taxonomic status of the Japanese otter (Carnivora, Mustelidae), with a description of a new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A (Zoology) 15(3): 177–188. PDF Reference page. 
• Hung, N. & Law, C.J. 2016. Lutra lutra (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Mammalian Species 48(940): 109–122. DOI: 10.1093/mspecies/sew011.
• Park, H.-C., Kurihara, N., Kim, K.S., Min, M.-S., Han, S., Lee, H. & Kimura, J. 2019. What is the taxonomic status of East Asian otter species based on molecular evidence?: focus on the position of the Japanese otter holotype specimen from museum. Animal Cells and Systems 23(3): 228–234. DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2019.1601133.

Vernacular names

• English: Hokkaido river otter