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Lutrinae  Bonaparte, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552326

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): otters [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2018   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyLutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 – otters  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Amblonyx Rafinesque, 1832 – Oriental Small-clawed Otter 
                                           Genus Aonyx Lesson, 1827 – African Clawless Otter, African Small-clawed Otter 
                                           Genus Enhydra Fleming, 1822 – sea otters 
                                           Genus Hydrictis Pocock, 1921 – spotted-necked otters 
                                           Genus Lontra Gray, 1843 – river otters 
                                           Genus Lutra Brisson, 1762 – Eurasian otters 
                                           Genus Lutrogale Gray, 1865 – smooth-coated otters 
                                           Genus Pteronura Gray, 1837 – giant otters 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan Shabel  
  Notes: Continuing Lecturer, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA   
  Reference for: Lutrinae    
       
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Lutrinae    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Lutrinae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Checklist of CITES Species Part 1 CITES species index, CD-ROM (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2011. Checklist of CITES species (CD-ROM). CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. ISBN 2-88323-030-7. Available online at http://www.cites.org/eng/resources/pub/checklist11/index.html or from CITES Secretariat, Chemin des Anémones, 1219 Châtelaine, Genève, Switzerland   
  Reference for: Lutrinae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sato, Jun J. / Proulx, G., and E. Do Linh San, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 1: The Systematics and Taxonomy of the World's Badger Species - A Review   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Badgers: systematics, biology, conservation and research techniques   
  Page(s): 1-30   
  Publisher: Alpha Wildlife Publications   
  Publication Place: Alberta, Canada   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9809598-02   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutrinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Lutrinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lutrinae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix II except the species and subspecies included in Appendix I, adopted at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Doha, 2010)  
 

 

    

 
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