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†Lutra bravardi †Lutra castiglionis †Lutra euxena †Lutra fatimazohrae †Lutra franconica †Lutra hearsti †Lutra palaeindica †Lutra simplicidens †Lutra trinacriae; The genus most likely evolved in Asia during the late Pliocene epoch; [1] the oldest fossil belonging to the genus is of the species L. palaeindica, and dates from the ...
The North American river otter was first classified in the genus Lutra. Lutra was the early European name (from Latin), and the specific epithet canadensis [9] means "of Canada". [11] In a new classification, the species is called Lontra canadensis, where the genus Lontra includes all the New World river otters. [12]
Lutra perspicillata Distribution of smooth-coated otter Lutrogale was proposed as generic name by John Edward Gray in 1865 for otters with a convex forehead and nose, using the smooth-coated otter L. perspicillata as type species .
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine.Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals.
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb.
Lutra perspicillata was the scientific name proposed by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1826 for a "brown" otter collected in Sumatra. [3] Lutrogale was proposed as the generic name by John Edward Gray in 1865 for otters with a more convex forehead and nose, using perspicillata as the type species. [4]
The marine otter (Lontra felina) is a rare and relatively unknown South American mammal of the weasel family ().The scientific name means "feline otter", and in Spanish, the marine otter is also often referred to as gato marino: "marine cat".
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean.Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 and 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among [3] the smallest marine mammals.