Lontra provocax

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lontra
Species: Lontra provocax

Name

Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908)

Type species: "south of Lake Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia" [Argentina].

Synonyms

Lutra huidobria Gay, 1847 [nomen nudum]
Lutra provocax Thomas, 1908
Lontra paranensis (Thomas, 1908)

References

Thomas, O. 1908. On certain African on South American otters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8, 1:391
Serge Larivière, 1999. Lontra provocax, Mammalian Species, American Socoiety of Mammologists, No. 610, pp. 1-4, 3 figs.
Lontra provocax 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.
IUCN: Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) (Endangered)
Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Southern River Otter, Huillin
español: Nutria Patagónica o huillín
hrvatski: Južna riječna vidra
magyar: Déli vidra
polski: Wydra południowa
Türkçe: Şili su samuru

External links

Otternet
Lioncrusher's Domain
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology