| Accepted scientific name: |
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Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788) (accepted name) |
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| Synonyms: |
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| Infraspecific taxon: |
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz, 1821)
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| Common names: |
| Common name |
Language |
Country |
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| Giant Otter |
English |
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| Classification: |
| Kingdom |
Animalia
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2b7e0a3-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Phylum |
Chordata
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CoL |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a0f2ea-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Class |
Mammalia
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a1ad65-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Order |
Carnivora
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a34ba9-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Family |
Mustelidae
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e2a35611-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Genus |
Pteronura
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ITIS Global |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:e3529195-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401
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| Distribution: |
South America |
| Lifezones: |
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| Additional data: |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: |
Wozencraft W.C., 03-Feb-2014 |
| Source database: |
ITIS Global, Dec 2014
99%
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| Bibliographic citation: |
Orrell T. (custodian) (2025). ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Dec 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. |
| Online resource: |
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621920
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| CoL taxon LSID: |
urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:23d28afc-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401 |
