Lutrogale Explained

Lutrogale was proposed as generic name by John Edward Gray in 1865 for otters with a convex forehead and nose, using the smooth-coated otter L. perspicillata as type species.^[1]

The genus also contains the following extinct and fossil species:

• L. cretensis – Cretan otter^[2]
• L. palaeoleptonyx^[3]
• L. robusta^[4]

Notes and References

1. Gray, J. E. . 1865 . Revision of the Genera and Species of Mustelidae contained in the British Museum . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . January 1865 . 100–154 .
2. Willemsen, G. F. . 1980 . Comparative study of the functional morphology of some Lutrinae especially Lutra lutra, Lutrogale perspicillata and the Pleistocene Isolalutra cretensis . Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen B . 83 . 3 . 289–326 .
3. Willemsen, G. F. . 1986 . Lutrogale palaeoleptonyx(Dubois, 1908), a fossil otter from Java in the Dubois collection . Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen B . 89 . 195–200 .
4. Willemsen, G. F. . 1986 . Lutrogale palaeoleptonyx(Dubois, 1908), a fossil otter from Java in the Dubois collection . Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Academie van Wetenschappen B . 89 . 195–200 .