Taxonomy Profile: Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)

Pteronura brasiliensis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Giant Otter []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
invalid other, see comments
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Pteronura brasiliensis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
W. Christopher Wozencraft
Notes:
Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Source(s):
Source:
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01
Acquired:
2001-03-22
Notes:
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rice, Dale W.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Marine Mammals of the World: Systematics and Distribution
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Special Publications of the Society for Marine Mammals, no. 4
Page(s):
ix + 231
Publisher:
The Society for Marine Mammalogy
Publication Place:
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-891276-03-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Noonan, Paula, Siobhan Prout, and Virginia Hayssen
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2017-09-08 / 2017-09-08
Article/Chapter Title:
Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, vol. 49, no. 953
Page(s):
97-108
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1545-1410
Notes:
Available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mspecies/sex012
Reference for:
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pteronura brasiliensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Pteronura brasiliensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Endangered
Comment:
Comments: See lengthy comments by Harris (1968) concerning the correct identity of the type, the confusion in published synonomies, and the type locality. Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957)