Lutra Brunnich, 1771

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 257

Lutra Brunnich, 1771 . Zool. Fundamenta, p. 34, 42.

REVIEWED BY: N. Duplaix (ND); A. I. Roest (AIR).

COMMENT: Subfamily Lutrinae . Corbet, 1978:176, dated Lutra from Brisson, 1762, Regn. Anim., 2nd ed., p. 201, which was ruled an unavailable work; see Hemming, 1955, Bull. ICZN, 1 1 (6): 197. Includes Lutrogale (see Corbet, 1978:176; Hall, 1981: 1029), and Hydrictis (see Ansell, 1978:36). Van Zyll de Jong, 1972, R. Ont. Mus. Life Sei. Contrib., 80:1 -104, referred New World otters to Lontra ; see Gray, 1843, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 11: 118; but also see revision by Sokolov, 1973, Byull. Mosk. Ova. Ispyt. Prir. Otd. Biol., 78:45-52, who regarded Lontra as a subgenus of Lutra , as did Hall, 1981: 1028.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Lutrinae .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004024000000 as Lutra .

5301412004023000000 as Lontra .