Lutra cinerea

Illiger, 1815

Asian Small-clawed Otter

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Lutrinae
Genus : Lutra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Illiger, J.K.W. 1815. Ueberblick der Säugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile. Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1804-1811:39-159.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080955

Original name as described

Lutra cinerea

Other common names

Oriental Small-clawed Otter

Type locality

Batavia, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Taiwan · Vietnam · Laos · Thailand · Cambodia · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines

Taxonomy notes

moved from Aonyx to Lutra

Taxonomy notes citation

de Ferran, V., Figueiró, H. V., de Jesus Trindade, F., Smith, O., Sinding, M. H. S., Trinca, C. S., ... & Eizirik, E. (2022). Phylogenomics of the world’s otters. Current Biology, 32(16), 3650-3658.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005840

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lutra leptonyx

Horsfield, 1824

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:134b, BMNH:Mamm:1854.10.5.7, BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.569

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44bc1078-71d8-4494-8a25-691c275b04f5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e1495cf-119b-4c77-9fc2-04fdc6bb42b0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfc8e3e3-0a0f-4fa9-896e-20caef03fa99

Authority page

pl. 20

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx Horsfieldii

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:134b, BMNH:Mamm:1854.10.5.7, BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.569

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44bc1078-71d8-4494-8a25-691c275b04f5 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6e1495cf-119b-4c77-9fc2-04fdc6bb42b0 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bfc8e3e3-0a0f-4fa9-896e-20caef03fa99

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Lutra indigitatus

Hodgson, 1839

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

indigitata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.369

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca0fed1c-3945-4e34-b2be-c2bab3461e85

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Amblonyx cinerea nirnai

(Pocock, 1940)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nirnai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.8.22.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/87ebe21a-79f2-43fb-a740-3151b709408a

Authority page

515

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47818953

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Amblonyx cinereus wurmbi

(Sody, 1933)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

wurmbi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33855.a, RMNH.MAM.33855.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33855.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33855.b

Authority page

441

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Amblonyx cinerea fulvus

(Pohle, 1919)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

fulva

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 30698

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490203

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx leptonyx

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

leptonyx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497061

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Aonyx cinerea

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Aonyx cinerea cinerea

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx cinerea concolor

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Aonyx cinerea nirnai

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nirnai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx cinereus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

646

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44166/164580923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aonyx cinereus cinereus

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

646

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Aonyx cinereus concolor

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

646

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Aonyx cinereus nirnai

(D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nirnai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

646

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Lutra cinerea

Illiger, 1815

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080955

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Amblonyx concolor

(Rafinesque, 1832)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Atlantic Journal

Leptonix barang

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barang

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx Horsfieldii

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

horsfieldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729700

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Aonyx Indigitata

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

indigitata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405522

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Gray (1865:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Aönyx sikimensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sikimensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661020

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra (Hydrogale) swinhoei

J. E. Gray, 1867

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

swinhoei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29533622

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Amblyocix sernaria

(G. H. Nelson, 1983)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sernaria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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