Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)

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Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818) View in CoL

[Lutra] longicaudis Olfers 1818 View in CoL , in: Eschwege, J. Brasilien, Neue Bibliothek. Reisenb., Vol. 15, 2: 233.

Type Locality: " Brasilien." .

Vernacular Names: Neotropical Otter.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. longicaudis Olfers 1818

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. annectens Major 1897

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. enudris F. G. Cuvier 1823

Distribution: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered as L. longicaudis (incl. platensis ); IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Van Zyll de Jong (1972) included annectens , enudris , incarum , mesopetes , and platensis ; however, Pohle (1920 a), Cabrera (1957), and Harris (1968) recognized these as distinct species. These taxa (often referred to as the annectens group) were distinguished primarily by variation in the shape of the rhinarium; van Zyll de Jong's (1972) analysis suggested that these should be considered conspecific. Reviewed by Larivière (1999 b). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981) and Larivière (1999 b).

References

Cabrera, A. 1957 [1958] - 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia . Ciencias Zoologicas, 4 (1): iv + 308 pp. [1958]; 4 (2): v-xxii + 309 - 732 [1961].

Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.

Harris, C. J. 1968. Otters; a study of the Recent Lutrinae. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 397 pp.

Major, C. I. F. 1897. On the Malagasy rodent genus Brachyuromys; and on the mutual relations of some groups of the Muridae (Hesperomyinae, Microtinae, Murinae, and Spalacidae ) with each other and with the Malagasy Nesomyinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897: 695 - 720.

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Saugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile, rucksichtich der Sudamericanischen Arten (Species). Abhandlung X in W. L. von Eschwege, Journal von Brasilien, odor vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Heft 2 in F. Bertuch (ed.), Neue Bibliothek der wichtigsten Reisebeschreibungen zur Erweiterung der Erd- und Volkerkunde, Band 15: 192 - 237. Weimar.

Pohle, H. 1920 a. Die Unterfamilie der Lutrinae. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 85 A (9): 1 - 247.

van Zyll de Jong, C. G. 1972. A systematic review of the Nearctic and Neotropical river otters (genus Lutra, Mustelidae, Carnivora). Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences, Contribution, 80: 1 - 104.