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Lutra lutra whiteleyi  (Gray, 1867)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1086578

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Lutra nippon Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1989
  
    Lutronectes whiteleyi Gray, 1867
  
    Lutra japonica Nehring, 1887
  
    Lutra lutra nippon Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1989
  
  Common Name(s): Japanese Otter [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                           GenusLutra Brisson, 1762 – Eurasian otters  
                                              SpeciesLutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) – European Otter, Common Otter, Eurasian Otter  
                                                 SubspeciesLutra lutra whiteleyi (Gray, 1867) – Japanese Otter  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hung, Nancy, and Chris J. Law  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lutra lutra (Carnivora: Mustelidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, vol. 48, no. 940   
  Page(s): 109-122   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1545-1410   
  Notes: Available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sew011   
  Reference for: Lutra lutra whiteleyi   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: According to Hung & Law (2016:110), 'the now extinct L. l. nippon has been considered a distinct species based on previous phylogenetic analyses (Suzuki et al. 1996); however, these analyses were not well supported and additional information is required to determine its taxonomic status.' They list it as a junior synonym of Lutra lutra whiteleyi Gray 1867  
 

 

    

 
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