Lontra annectens

(Forsyth Major, 1897)

Northern 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

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1897-06-01. The otter of Central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)19(114):618-620.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268106

Original name as described

Lutra annectens

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.3.17.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12358718-d315-4185-9ebe-8e58a64cc35b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cd24d98-1f72-470c-85c3-665bc45fb0c8

Type locality

Terro Tepic, Rio de Tepic, Jalisco, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador? · Peru?

Taxonomy notes

split from L. longicaudis

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006847

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 annectens

(Forsyth Major, 1897)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.3.17.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12358718-d315-4185-9ebe-8e58a64cc35b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cd24d98-1f72-470c-85c3-665bc45fb0c8

Authority page

618

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268106

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1908:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16410)
  2. Burt & Stirton (1961:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  3. Anderson (1972:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Lutra colombiana

(J. A. Allen, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

colombiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-15479

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-15479

Authority page

452

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lutra latidens

(J. A. Allen, 1908)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

latidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28435

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28435

Authority page

660

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046497

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra emerita

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

emerita

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.24.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f7a09811-3253-4756-b0ba-e7c168d6811a

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296121

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1908:390, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24296121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16410)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra repanda

(E. A. Goldman, 1914)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

repanda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179974

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ce579de6-d6df-4ca5-9d90-a4e53817130d

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816377

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Goldman (1920:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30263277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9520)
  2. Goodwin (1946:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutra parilina

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

parilina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.24.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04ccc515-b190-407f-8b39-4505b140cda2

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616294

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lontra mesopetes

Cabrera, 1924

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mesopetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Lutra annectens mesopotes

(G. S. Miller & R. Kellogg, 1955)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mesopotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

766

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7670651

Authority publication

Bulletin of the United States National Museum

Lutra annectens annectens

(S. Anderson, 1972)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1972:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Lutra columbiana

(M. A. Lawrence, 1993)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

columbiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

161

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Lontra longicaudis annectens

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

annectens

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 annectens

de Ferran, Vieira Figueiró, Silveira Trinca, Hernández-Romero, Lorenzana, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Koepfli, & Eizirik, 2024

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

538

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. de Ferran, Vieira Figueiró, Silveira Trinca, Hernández-Romero, Lorenzana, Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Koepfli & Eizirik (2024:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67326)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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