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Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 137076

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Mustelidae (Family) > Lutra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Lutra Brisson, 1762
Sources  basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

additional source: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian kajka  [details]
Albanian lundërza  [details]
Albanian lundra  [details]
Albanian lunza  [details]
Albanian vidra  [details]
Bulgarian vidrа  [details]
Bulgarian Видра  [details]
Danish odder  [details]
Dutch otter  [details]
English Eurasian otter  [details]
English European otter  [details]
English otter  [details]
French loutre commune  [details]
French loutre d'Europe  [details]
German Fischotter  [details]
Hebrew לוטרה  [details]
Italian lontra  [details]
Italian lontra comune  [details]
Lithuanian paprastoji ūdra  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Βίδρα  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ευρωπαϊκή βίδρα  [details]
Norwegian oter  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål oter  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk oter  [details]
Polish wydra europejska  [details]
Polish wydra zwyczajna  [details]
Romanian vidra  [details]
Russian обыкновенная  [details]
Russian порешня  [details]
Russian речная выдра  [details]
Slovenian vidra  [details]
Spanish nutria  [details]
Swedish utter  [details]
Turkish su samuru  [details]
Ukrainian Видра річкова  [details]
Welsh dyfrgi  [details]
Environment marine, fresh
Distribution East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (221 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: coastal waters (but mostly in fresh water) [details]
Image 
Lutra lutra
Lutra lutra
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137076
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137076 on 2013-05-24
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