Lutrogale
Lutrogale was proposed as generic name by John Edward Gray in 1865 for otters with a convex forehead and nose, using the smooth-coated otter as type species.[1]
| Lutrogale | |
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| smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | Lutrogale (Gray, 1865) |
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| Distribution of smooth-coated otter | |
The genus also contains the following extinct and fossil species:
- L. cretensis – Cretan otter
- L. palaeoleptonyx
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lutrogale |
- Gray, J. E. (1865). "Revision of the Genera and Species of Mustelidae contained in the British Museum". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. January 1865: 100–154.
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