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Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann, 1780

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Zimmerman, E. A. W. (1780). Geographische Geschichte Des Menschen, Und Der Allgemein Verbreiteten Vierfüssigen Thiere, Vol. 2.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Mustelidae
genus
Pteronura
species
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
Loutre géante in French
Nutria gigante in language.
Riesenotter in German
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