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Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann, 1780
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Zimmerman, E. A. W. (1780). Geographische Geschichte Des Menschen, Und Der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere, Vol. 2.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Carnivora
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family
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Mustelidae
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genus
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Pteronura
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species
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Pteronura brasiliensis
Name
- Synonyms
- Lutra brasiliana Shaw, 1800
- Lutra brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
- Lutra lupina Schinz, 1821
- Lutra paraguensis Schinz, 1821
- Lutra paranensis Rengger, 1830
- Mustela brasilinensis Gmelin, 1788
- Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin, 1788
- Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
- Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis
- Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz, 1821)
- Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger, 1830)
- Pteronura sambachii Gray, 1837
- Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann, 1838
- Homonyms
- Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann, 1780
- Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
- Common names
- Giant Otter in English
- Giant Otter in English
- Giant Otter in English
- Loutre géante in French
- Nutria gigante in language.
- Riesenotter in German
Bibliographic References
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Noonan, Paula, Siobhan Prout, and Virginia Hayssen, 2017: Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Mammalian Species, vol. 49, no. 953. 97-108.
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Zimmerman, E. A. W., 1780: null. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfüssigen Thiere, vol. 2. 432.