Hydrictis maculicollis

(H. Lichtenstein, 1835)

Spotted-necked Otter

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Arch. Naturgesch., 1, 89

Original name as described

Lutra maculicollis

Type material

ZMB 1019

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana? · Togo? · Niger · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi? · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Lesotho?

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005843

Country distribution map

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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 maculicollis nilotica

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nilotica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.11.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3996c00c-af8b-434c-8643-767787560845

Authority page

726

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22099389

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra maculicollis mutandae

(Hinton, 1921)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mutandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.10.21.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2662bb44-836d-457a-b3ec-235104959cbf

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626791

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lutra matschiei

(Cabrera, 1903)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1657

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

182

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5748591

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Lutra malculicollis chobiensis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

chobiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6602

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Lutra maculicollis

(H. Lichtenstein, 1835)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculicollis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1019

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

89

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Lutra maculicollis kivuana

(Pohle, 1919)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

kivuana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 30441/2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490120

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra tenuis

(Pohle, 1919)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tenuis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 30502/3

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

53

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490123

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Hydrogale maculicollis

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497063

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:132, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Lutra maculicollis chobiensis

(Coetzee, 1971)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

chobiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)

Lutra maculicollis maculicollis

(Coetzee, 1971)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)

Lutra maculicollis matschiei

(Coetzee, 1971)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

matschiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)

Hydrictis maculicollis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

maculicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12420/164578992) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lutra grayii

(Gerrard, 1862)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

grayii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8413320

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Lutra concolor

(O. R. Neumann, 1902)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931209

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Lutra malculicollis

(A. Roberts, 1932)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

malculicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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