Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Mustelidae > Genus Lutra

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lutra*	Brisson, 1762	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Mustela lutra*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kajka; lundërza; lundra; lunza; vidra sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: vidrа; Видра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: odder sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: otter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Eurasian otter; European otter; otter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

French: loutre commune; loutre d'Europe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Fischotter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Βίδρα; Ευρωπαϊκή βίδρα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: לוטרה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: lontra; lontra comune sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: paprastoji ūdra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: oter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: oter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: oter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: wydra europejska; wydra zwyczajna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: vidra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: обыкновенная; порешня; речная выдра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: vidra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: nutria sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: utter sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: su samuru sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Видра річкова sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: dyfrgi

Literature

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.
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
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).