Lutra sumatrana

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Hairy-nosed 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

Gray, J.E. 1865-06. Revision of the genera and species of Mustelidae contained in the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865(1):100-154.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497054

Original name as described

Barangia sumatrana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1884.6.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Laos? · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005850

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 barang

Cantor, 1846

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

barang

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40122732

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Barangia sumatrana

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1884.6.3.4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497054

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Gray (1869:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Lutra lovii

A. Günther, 1877

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lovii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.9.20.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b35bbd45-6683-495b-ad95-4ff02d915ddc

Authority page

736

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29100007

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1911:118, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra sumatrana

O. Thomas, 1889

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sumatrana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698792

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1889:195, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28698792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14030)
  2. Elera (1895:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38853936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68680)
  3. Sanborn (1952:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
  4. Davis (1962:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:258, 259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. van Zyll de Jong (1987:2537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18368)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Wozencraft (1993:312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  10. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  11. Veron, Patterson & Reeves (2008:613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7282)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. 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)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12421/164579488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lutra brunnea

Pohle, 1919

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brunnea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 30429/30

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45490114

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

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