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Pteronura brasiliensis
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Description
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788), Giant Otter
Record. Recorded by hunting interviews (09°08.046′S, 068°57.276′W).
Identification. The fur is short and dark brown, with light patches on the chest and throat. Each individual has the patches in a unique pattern, which allows individuals to be recognized. The feet have interdigital webs. The tail is long and dorsoventrally flattened (Noonan et al. 2017).
Notes
Published as part of Oliveira, Marcela Alvares & Calouro, Armando Muniz, 2020, Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil, pp. 127-136 in Check List 16 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.15560/16.1.127
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- Journal article: 10.15560/16.1.127 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFC5FFE9A02DF14AFFC08A38A64E3B35 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Gmelin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Genus
- Pteronura
- Species
- brasiliensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) sec. Oliveira & Calouro, 2020
References
- Noonan P, Prout S, Hayssen V (2017) Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Mammalian Species 49 (953): 97 - 108.