Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Oliveira, Marcela Alvares & Calouro, Armando Muniz, 2020, Medium-sized and large mammals of the Cazumbá-Iracema Extractivist Reserve, Acre, Brazil, Check List 16 (1), pp. 127-136 : 133

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.1.127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467524

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FC8791-A02B-F14C-FF68-8AE0A54A3ADE

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Marcus

scientific name

Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
status

 

Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) View in CoL , Giant Otter

Record. Recorded by hunting interviews (09°08.046′S, 068°57.276′W).

Identification. The fur is short and dark brown, with light patches on the chest and throat. Each individual has the patches in a unique pattern, which allows individuals to be recognized. The feet have interdigital webs. The tail is long and dorsoventrally flattened ( Noonan et al. 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Pteronura

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