Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Theria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia > Family Mustelidae > Genus Lutra

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mustela Linnaeus, 1758

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.

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

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;ITIS database

English-United States: Eurasian otter; European Otter; Otter sources: Charles Hussey

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

Israel (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: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:45

Norwegian Nynorsk: oter sources: Systema Naturae, 10th ed., 1:45

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (176 publications)
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
GenBank (221 nucleotides; 98 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2014). Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137076

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305305