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Lontra longicaudis

Description

Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)

[Lutra] longicaudis Olfers 1818, in: Eschwege, J. Brasilien, Neue Bibliothek. Reisenb., Vol. 15, 2: 233.

Type Locality: " Brasilien.".

Vernacular Names: Neotropical Otter.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. longicaudis Olfers 1818

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. annectens Major 1897

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. enudris F. G. Cuvier 1823

Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. longicaudis (incl. platensis); IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Van Zyll de Jong (1972) included annectens, enudris, incarum, mesopetes, and platensis; however, Pohle (1920 a), Cabrera (1957), and Harris (1968) recognized these as distinct species. These taxa (often referred to as the annectens group) were distinguished primarily by variation in the shape of the rhinarium; van Zyll de Jong's (1972) analysis suggested that these should be considered conspecific. Reviewed by Larivière (1999 b). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Larivière (1999 b).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 603, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Olfers
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Lontra
Species
longicaudis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Saugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile, rucksichtich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). Abhandlung X in W. L. von Eschwege, Journal von Brasilien, odor vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Heft 2 in F. Bertuch (ed.), Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd- und Volkerkunde, Band 15: 192 - 237. Weimar.
  • Major, C. I. F. 1897. On the Malagasy rodent genus Brachyuromys; and on the mutual relations of some groups of the Muridae (Hesperomyinae, Microtinae, Murinae, and " Spalacidae ") with each other and with the Malagasy Nesomyinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 695 - 720.
  • van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1972. A systematic review of the Nearctic and Neotropical river otters (genus Lutra, Mustelidae, Carnivora). Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences, Contribution, 80: 1 - 104.
  • Pohle, H. 1920 a. Die Unterfamilie der Lutrinae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 85 A (9): 1 - 247.
  • Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales " Bernardino Rivadavia ". Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].
  • Harris, C. J. 1968. Otters; a study of the Recent Lutrinae. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 397 pp.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.