Pteronura Gray, 1837
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's] vol.1 p.580
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mustelidae
- genus
- Pteronura
Name
- Synonyms
- Craspedura Gray, 1869
- Pterura Wiegmann, 1838
- Saricovia Lesson, 1842
- Suricoria Palmer, 1904
- Homonyms
- Pteronura Gray, 1837
- Common names
- Arirania in Polish
- Nutria sudamericana in Spanish
- Riesenotter in German
- giant otter in English
- giant otters in English
- giant otters in English
- giant otters in English
- isosaukot in Finnish
- Гигантские выдры in Russian
- นากยักษ์ in Thai
- オオカワウソ属 in Japanese
- 巨獺屬 in Chinese
- 큰수달속 in Korean
Bibliographic References
- Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)
- Mag. Nat. Hist., (N. S.) 1
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- Rice, Dale W., 1998: Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution. Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4. ix + 231.
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
- as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra)