Lutra brasiliensis = Pteronura brasiliensis (giant river otter)

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Subject:	Lutra brasiliensis = Pteronura brasiliensis (giant river otter)
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Lutra brasiliensis
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Lutra brasiliensis
New Latin name Pteronura brasiliensis
Common name Nederlands: Reuzenotter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lutra_brasiliensis_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ22500027.tif

The giant otter or giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is a South American carnivorous mammal of the weasel family, Mustelidae. Atypical of mustelids, the giant otter is a social species, with family groups typically supporting three to eight members. The giant otter ranges across north-central South America; it lives mostly in and along the Amazon River and in the Pantanal.

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Pteronura
Species: Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788)

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