Lontra longicaudis

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Central Neotropical River Otter

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215

Original name as described

Lutra longicaudis

Other common names

Neotropical River Otter · Southern Neotropical River Otter

Type locality

Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included L. annectens

Taxonomy notes citation

de Ferran, V., Vieira Figueiró, H., Silveira Trinca, C., Hernández-Romero, P. C., Lorenzana, G. P., Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, C., ... & Eizirik, E. (2024). Genome-wide data support recognition of an additional species of Neotropical river otter (Mammalia, Mustelidae, Lutrinae). Journal of Mammalogy, gyae009.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005846

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 platensis

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1838)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

platensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.215

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2b5e877d-cb40-4d3c-ba37-01cea7ea074e

Authority page

21

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra mitis

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mitis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.5.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09da0b5e-598a-4bfd-a633-d196fb6c9648

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296124

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lutra incarum

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

incarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.4.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/37417863-9e7a-4a85-a71b-3400432fdfd3

Authority page

392

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296123

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lutra montana

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

montana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007904

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

Tschudi (1845:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007904) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)

Lontra? insularis

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Lontra longicaudis enudris

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

enudris

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 (2009:642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Lontra longicaudis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longicaudis

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 (2009:642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. de Ferran, Vieira Figueiró, Silveira Trinca, Hernández-Romero, Lorenzana, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Koepfli & Eizirik (2024:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67326)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12304/219373698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lontra longicaudis longicaudis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longicaudis

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 (2009:642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Lutra longicaudis

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longicaudis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

233

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Lutra enudris

(F. Cuvier, 1823)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

enudris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

Lesson (1827:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Lutra insularis

(F. Cuvier, 1823)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

243

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra enydris

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

enydris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

226

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Lesson (1842:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lutra solitaria

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

solitaria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697573

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Lontra brasiliensis

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Lontra enhydris

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

enhydris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Lutra latifrons

(Nehring, 1887)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

latifrons

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795281

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mustela Lutris

(Larrañaga, 1923)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lutris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

345

Authority publication

Montevideo

Name usages

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

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