Pteronura

Taxonavigation
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus:
Species: P. brasiliensis
Name
Pteronura Gray, 1837
- Type species: Pteronura sambachii Gray, 1837 (= Mustela brasilinesis Gmelin, 1788), by monotypy (Melville & Smith, 1987).
Synonyms
References
- Gray, J. E. 1837. Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 580.
- Pteronura in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - Pteronura Gray, 1837 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
- English: Giant otter
- 日本語: オオカワウソ属
- ไทย: นากยักษ์