Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)

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Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)

[Mustela] lutra Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45 .

Type Locality: "Europæ aquis dulcibus, fluviis, flagnis, piscinis," subsequently restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to " Upsala " [ Sweden] .

Vernacular Names: European Otter.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. lutra Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. angustifrons Lataste 1885

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. aurobrunneus Hodgson 1839

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. barang F. G. Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. chinensis Gray 1837

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. hainana Xu and Lu 1983

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. kutab Schinz 1844

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. meridionalis Ognev 1931

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. monticolus Hodgson 1839

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. nair F. G. Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Lutra lutra subsp. seistanica Birula 1913

Distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, North and South Korea, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Urkaine, Vietnam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki (1989) considered Japanese otters a distinct species ( L. nippon ). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).