Lutra brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Carnivora

family

Mustelidae

genus

Pteronura

species

Pteronura brasiliensis

Name

Homonyms

Lutra brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Common names

giant otter in English

giant otter in English

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 79 Substitution on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific name brasiliensis Gmelin (J. F.), 1788, as published in the combination Mustela lutris var. Brasiliensis, for the specific name Sambachii Gray (J. E.), 1837, as published in the combination Pteronura Sambachii (class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 384).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16(24), 455-464 (1957)
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 79 Substitution on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific name brasiliensis Gmelin (J. F.), 1788, as published in the combination Mustela lutris var. Brasiliensis, for the specific name Sambachii Gray (J. E.), 1837, as published in the combination Pteronura Sambachii (class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 384).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 16(24), 455-464 (1957)
3. Zimmerman, E. A. W., 1780: null. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der allgemein verbreiteten vierfüssigen Thiere, vol. 2. 432.