Pteronura brasiliensis
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Pteronura
Species: Pteronura brasiliensis
Subspecies: P. b. brasiliensis – P. b. paraguensis
Name
[edit]Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Type locality: "in fluviis americae meridionalis"; Cabrera (1957:274) restricted to "rió São Francisco, en la orilla correspondiente al estado de Alagoas", Brazil.
References
[edit]- In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 93.
- Pteronura brasiliensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - IUCN: Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) (Endangered)
- Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- [1] Listed animal in CITES Appendix I
Vernacular names
[edit]العربية: القضّاعة العملاقة
català: Llúdria gegant
dansk: Afrikansk kæmpeodder
Deutsch: Riesenotter
English: Giant Otter
español: Nutria Gigante
suomi: Jättiläissaukko
français: Loutre géante
hrvatski: Divovska vidra
magyar: Óriásvidra
日本語: オオカワウソ
Nederlands: Reuzenotter
polski: wydra olbrzymia, arirania
português: Ariranha
svenska: Jätteutter
ไทย: นากยักษ์
Türkçe: Dev samur
中文: 巨獺
català: Llúdria gegant
dansk: Afrikansk kæmpeodder
Deutsch: Riesenotter
English: Giant Otter
español: Nutria Gigante
suomi: Jättiläissaukko
français: Loutre géante
hrvatski: Divovska vidra
magyar: Óriásvidra
日本語: オオカワウソ
Nederlands: Reuzenotter
polski: wydra olbrzymia, arirania
português: Ariranha
svenska: Jätteutter
ไทย: นากยักษ์
Türkçe: Dev samur
中文: 巨獺
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