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Old World and Clawless Otters
Lutra
Lutra is a genus of otters, one of seven in the subfamily Lutrinae.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Eurasian Otter
speciesLutra lutra
Smooth-coated Otter
speciesLutra perspicillata
African Clawless Otter
speciesLutra capensis
Asian Small-clawed Otter
speciesLutra cinerea
Hairy-nosed Otter
speciesLutra sumatrana
Congo Clawless Otter
speciesLutra congica
Asian Small-clawed × Smooth-coated Otter
hybridLutra cinerea × perspicillata
Japanese Otter
speciesLutra nippon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Lutra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41848.