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Giant Brazilian Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura brasiliensis
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Kissling et al, 2014, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Colombia Species List, Ecuador Species List, French Guiana Species List, Guyana Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Peru Species List, Suriname Species List, Venezuela Species List, wikipedia EU, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia BR, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia SK, wikipedia LV, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, and Wildfinder (WWF)
Pteronura brasiliensis
Recognized by CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Arkive, Ojasti 1996, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, Pantheria, USFWS, and Fish 2000
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Pteronura brasiliensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikipedia (inferred records), Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, and Global Biotic Interactions
Pteronura brasiliensis
Recognized by PlanetScott, Flickr Group, AnAge, and Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Species recognized by IUCN
Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Lutra brasiliana Shaw 1800
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lutra lupina Schinz 1821
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lutra paraguensis Schinz 1821
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lutra paranensis Rengger 1830
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin 1788
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger 1830)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pteronura sambachii Gray 1837
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann 1838
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lutra paraguensis Schinz 1821
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin, 1788))
Lutra (Pteronura) brasiliensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra (Pteronura) paranensis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra brasiliana Shaw 1800
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lutra brasiliana Shaw 1800
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lutra brasiliana Shaw 1800
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lutra brasiliensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra lupina Schinz 1821
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lutra lupina Schinz 1821
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lutra lupina Schinz 1821
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lutra paraguensis Schinz 1821
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lutra paraguensis Schinz 1821
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lutra paraguensis Schinz 1821
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Lutra paranensis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra paranensis Rengger 1830
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lutra paranensis Rengger 1830
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Lutra paranensis Rengger 1830
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin 1788
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin 1788
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Mustela lutris brasiliensis Gmelin 1788
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger 1830)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger 1830)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteronura brasiliensis paranensis (Rengger 1830)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pteronura sambachii Gray 1837
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pteronura sambachii Gray 1837
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pteronura sambachii Gray 1837
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann 1838
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann 1838
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Pterura sanbachii Wiegmann 1838
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Giant otter
prefer
Recognized by Arkive, USFWS, AnAge, and Wikidata Common Names
giant otter
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web and Paleobiology Database
Giant Otter
prefer
Recognized by PlanetScott, CITES, and Wikidata Common Names
Giant Brazilian Otter preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

قضاعة عملاقة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

llóndriga xigante preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Braziliya samuru preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Bleiz-stêr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

гигантска видра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

llúdria gegant preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

巨獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cornish

Kowrdhowrgi an avon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Divovska vidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

vydra obrovská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Brasiliansk kæmpeodder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Reuzenotter
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Braziliaanse reuzenotter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Brazila lutro preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

hiidsaarmas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Isosaukko
prefer
Recognized by admin
Jättiläissaukko preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

French

Loutre géante du Brésil preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

German

Riesenotter preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

לוטרת ענק preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

óriásvidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

olldobhrán preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Lontra gigante del Arirai preferred
Recognized by CITES
Lontra gigante del Brasile
prefer
Recognized by CITES

Japanese

オオカワウソ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Korean

큰수달 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Brazīlijas dižūdrs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Brazilinė ūdra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

ജയന്റ് ഓട്ടർ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Tábąąstíín ntsxaaígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

kjempeoter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Occitan (post 1500)

Loira giganta preferred
Recognized by admin
Loira giganta de Brasil
prefer
Recognized by admin

Persian

شنگ بزرگ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Arirania preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Ariranha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Quechua

Yaku puma preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Vidră uriașă braziliană preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Vidră uriașă
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Russian

Бразильская выдра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

дивовска видра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Divovska vidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Vydra obrovská preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Arirai preferred
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Lobito de cola ancha
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Lobo de Río Grande
prefer
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Lobo del río
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Lobo gargantilla
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Nutria brasileña
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Nutria gigante
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Perro de agua
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Lobito de Cola Ancha
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Lobo Gargantilla
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Lobo del Río
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Perro de Agua
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

jätteutter
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Jätteutter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tamil

இராட்சத நீர்நாய் preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

นากยักษ์ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Dev su samuru preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Видра гігантська preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

Bigiwatradagu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
gulaf merikoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Rái cá lớn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

قضاعه عملاقه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

پترونورا براسیلینسیس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pt Br

Ariranha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

巨獭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

巨獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Pteronura Gray 1837
Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780 (this page)

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Pteronura Gray 1837
Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780 (this page)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Pteronura Gray 1837
Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780 (this page)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Pteronura
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788) (this page)
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Pteronura Gray 1837
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788) (this page)
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis (Schinz 1821)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Pteronura Gray 1837
Pteronura brasiliensis Zimmermann 1780 (this page)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788) (this page)
Aonyx capensis (Schinz 1821)
Aonyx cinereus (Illiger 1815)
Aonyx congicus Lönnberg 1910
Eira barbara (Linnaeus 1758)
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)
Galictis cuja (Molina 1782)
Galictis vittata (Schreber 1776)
Gulo gulo (Linnaeus 1758)
Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein 1835)
Ictonyx libycus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833)
Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Lutra sumatrana (Gray 1865)
Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826)
Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville 1842)
Martes americana (Turton 1806)
Martes flavigula (Boddaert 1785)
Martes foina (Erxleben 1777)
Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851
Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Martes melampus (Wagner 1840)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Martes zibellina (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
Melogale everetti (Thomas 1895)
Melogale moschata (Gray 1831)
Melogale orientalis (Horsfield 1821)
Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831
Mustela africana Desmarest 1818
Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Mustela eversmanii Lesson 1827
Mustela felipei Izor & de la Torre 1978
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus 1761)
Mustela lutreolina Robinson & Thomas 1917
Mustela nigripes (Audubon & Bachman 1851)
Mustela nudipes Desmarest 1822
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Mustela strigidorsa Gray 1853
Mustela subpalmata Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833
Neovison macrodon (Prentis 1903)
Neovison vison (Schreber 1777)
Poecilogale albinucha (Gray 1864)
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777)
Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt 1770)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Pteronura
Pteronura brasiliensis (this page)

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Musteloidea
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Pteronura
Pteronura brasiliensis (this page)
Pteronura brasiliensis brasiliensis
Pteronura brasiliensis paraguensis
Pteronura sambachii
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