Lontra provocax

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Southern 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

Thomas, O. 1908-05-01. On certain African and S.-American otters. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1(5):387-395.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296122

Original name as described

Lutra provocax

Other common names

Huillin

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.11.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eb1c6ddf-1ada-4d45-a54c-a80a3d6a2969

Type locality

Patagonia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005847

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 Huidobria

(Gay, 1847)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

huidobria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256495

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Gay (1847:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  2. Matschie (1898:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra paranensis

(O. Thomas, 1889)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

paranensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

198 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698795

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1889:198 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14030)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra provocax

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

provocax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.11.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eb1c6ddf-1ada-4d45-a54c-a80a3d6a2969

Authority page

391

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296122

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1908:391, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16410)
  2. Osgood (1943:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  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)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Lontra provocax

van Zyll de Jong, 1987

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

provocax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

2537

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. van Zyll de Jong (1987:2537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18368)
  2. Wozencraft (1993:311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  3. Larivière & Walton (1998:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37626)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Veron, Patterson & Reeves (2008:613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7282)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Prassack (2016:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29368)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  11. de Ferran, Figueiró, de Jesus Trindade, Smith, Sinding, Trinca, Lazzari, Veron, Vianna, Barbanera, Kliver, Serdyukova, Bulyonkova, Ryder, Gilbert, Koepfli & Eizirik (2022:3651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59235)
  12. de Ferran, Vieira Figueiró, Silveira Trinca, Hernández-Romero, Lorenzana, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Koepfli & Eizirik (2024:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67326)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12305/95970485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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