Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 605

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scientific name	Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
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[Lutra] brasiliensis Gmelin 1788 , in: Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 93.

Type Locality: "in fluviis americae meridionalis"; Cabrera (1957:274) restricted to "rió São Francisco, en la orilla correspondiente al estado de Alagoas ", Brazil.

Vernacular Names: Giant Otter.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteronura brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis Gmelin 1788

Subspecies Pteronura brasiliensis subsp. paraguensis Schinz 1821

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: 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).