Which semi-aquatic carnivorous mammals belong to the genus `Lutra'?
"Lutra Lutra is a genus of otters, one of seven in the subfamily Lutrinae. The genus includes these recent species: The genus most likely evolved in Asia during the late Pliocene epoch; the oldest fossil belonging to the genus is of the species ""L. palaeindica"", and dates from the late Pliocene. ""Lutra"" species are semiaquatic mammals, so they are well-adapted to both water and land. They prefer shallow, narrow areas of streams surrounded by mature trees and with rocks, especially where weirs reduce the flow of the water, as well as attract fishes. They seem to tolerate roads and residential"
"Lutraria Lutraria is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams, commonly known as otter shells. Members of this genus have large, elongated oval shells with two equal sized valves. The anterior end is somewhat sharply curved but the posterior end is more rounded. The valves gape slightly at both ends, more so at the posterior end. The shell is fairly thick and is sculptured with fine concentric lines corresponding to periods of growth. The basic colour is white and the periostracum is brown, but the latter is usually abraded. The interior surface of the valves is glossy white."
"Lutraria lutraria Lutraria lutraria is a species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. Its common names include the otter shell and the common otter shell. It occurs in coastal regions of the north east Atlantic Ocean where it lives buried in the sand. ""Lutraria lutraria"" is the type species of the genus ""Lutraria"", the name ""Mya lutraria"" being the basionym used by Carl Linnaeus when he described the species in 1758. It was later determined that there were sufficient differences between it and other ""Mya"" species for the otter shell to be placed in its own genus."
"that despite the population declines, the Eurasian otter was not a victim of declining genetic variability. Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (""Lutra lutra""), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in parts of its range,"
"the genus ""Lutra""; ""Lutra"" was the early European name. The species name was ""Lutra canadensis"". The species epithet ""canadensis"" means ""of Canada"". In a new classification, the species is called ""Lontra canadensis"", where the genus ""Lontra"" includes all the New World river otters. Molecular biological techniques have been used to determine when the river otter and the giant otter (""Pteronura brasiliensis"") of South America diverged. These analyses suggest they diverged in the Miocene epoch 23.03 to 5.33 million years ago (Mya), which is ""much earlier"" than indicated in the fossil record. Fossils of a giant river otter dating back 3.5"
"Fossils are known from Europe, South Africa, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, India and Argentina. Lutraria Lutraria is a genus of medium-sized marine bivalve mollusks or clams, commonly known as otter shells. Members of this genus have large, elongated oval shells with two equal sized valves. The anterior end is somewhat sharply curved but the posterior end is more rounded. The valves gape slightly at both ends, more so at the posterior end. The shell is fairly thick and is sculptured with fine concentric lines corresponding to periods of growth. The basic colour is white and the periostracum is brown,"
"Lutrine opossum The lutrine opossum (""Lutreolina crassicaudata""), also known as the little water opossum, thick-tailed opossum, or coligrueso is an opossum species from South America and is monotypic in the genus ""Lutreolina"". The lutrine opossum (""lutrine"" means ""otter-like"" and ""crass"" meaning ""thick, fat"" and ""cauda"" meaning ""tail"") is a very peculiar opossum, having a long weasel-like body, short legs, small rounded ears, and dense reddish or yellowish fur. Nocturnal and crepuscular, they generally live in grasslands and savannas near water. They are terrestrial but are excellent swimmers and climbers. Genetic and morphological studies indicate that there is a second species,"
"is relatively small and mainly used for anchorage rather than digging. Any animal unable to rebury itself rapidly is likely to fall prey to the scavengers that move in after a trawl has passed. Such studies are of importance in assessing the ecological consequence and sustainability of fisheries. Lutraria lutraria Lutraria lutraria is a species of large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. Its common names include the otter shell and the common otter shell. It occurs in coastal regions of the north east Atlantic Ocean where it lives buried in the sand. ""Lutraria lutraria"" is the type species"
"species of vertebrates: Neomys anomalus Cabrera – (3) Lutra lutra L. – (2), Mustela erminea L. – (4), Meies meles L. – (2), Pelecanus onocrotalus L. – (2), Ardeola ralloides L. – (2), Ciconia nigra L. – (2), Cygnus bewikii Yarr. – (3), Aythya nyroca Guld. g (2) Bucephala clangula L. – (3), Somateria mollissima L. – (3), Oxyura leucocephala L. – (4), Pandion haliaetus L. – (3), Milvus milvus L, – (1) Circus cyaneus L. – (1) Circatus ferox Gmelin. – (3), Aquila pomarina Ch. L. Brehm – (3) Aquila chrysaetos L. – (3), Haliaetus albicilla L. – (2),"
"Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (""Lutra lutra""), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in parts of its range, but recovering in others. The Eurasian otter is a typical species of the otter subfamily. Brown"
"Luprisca incuba Luprisca incuba is an extinct species of ostracod —a group related to crabs, shrimps and lobsters. It was described as a new species in 2014, following discovery and analysis of fossilised specimens in mudstone rocks from New York State, USA. A team of researchers from the universities of Yale and Kansas, Oxford and the Japan Agency of Marine Science and Technology made the discovery. Estimated to be about 450 million years old, the fossil was obtained with the eggs fossilized with the parent. The species was named after ""Lucina"", the goddess of childbirth in Roman mythology, and incuba,"
"Kultarr The kultarr (""Antechinomys laniger"") (also called the ""jerboa-marsupial"") is a small insectivorous nocturnal marsupial inhabiting the arid interior of Australia. Preferred habitat includes stony deserts, shrubland, woodland, grassland and opens plains. The kultarr has a range of adaptations to help cope with Australia’s harsh arid environment including torpor similar to hibernation that helps conserve energy The species has declined across its former range since European settlement due to changes in land management practices and introduced predators. The kultarr is a small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae with unique morphological features. It is nocturnal, hunting a variety of invertebrates"
"extinct genus, ""Satherium"", is believed to be ancestral to South American river otters, having migrated to the New World during the Pliocene or early Pleistocene. The South American continent houses the otter genus ""Lontra"": the giant otter, the neotropical river otter, the southern river otter, and the marine otter. The smooth-coated otter (""Lutrogale perspicillata"") of Asia may be its closest extant relative; similar behaviour, vocalizations, and skull morphology have been noted. The most popular theory of the origins of Hippopotamidae suggests that hippos and whales shared a common ancestor that branched off from other artiodactyls around 60 million years ago"
"Muskrat The muskrat (""Ondatra zibethicus""), the only species in genus Ondatra and tribe Ondatrini, is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and is an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitats. It has important effects on the ecology of wetlands, and is a resource of food and fur for humans. The muskrat is the largest species in the subfamily Arvicolinae, which includes 142 other species of rodents, mostly voles and lemmings. Muskrats are referred to as ""rats"" in a general sense"
"marine sloths. Sloths belong to the superorder Xenarthra, a group of placental mammals believed to have evolved in the continent of South America around 60 million years ago. One study found that xenarthrans broke off from other placental mammals around 100 million years ago. Anteaters and armadillos are also included among Xenarthra. The earliest xenarthrans were arboreal herbivores with sturdy vertebral columns, fused pelvises, stubby teeth, and small brains. Sloths are in the taxonomic suborder Folivora of the order Pilosa. These names are from the Latin ""leaf eater"" and ""hairy"", respectively. Pilosa is one of the smallest of the orders"
"Necturus Necturus is a genus of aquatic salamanders endemic to the eastern United States and Canada. They are commonly known as waterdogs and mudpuppies. The common mudpuppy ""(N. maculosus)"" is probably the best-known species – as an amphibian with gill slits, it is often dissected in comparative anatomy classes. The genus is under scrutiny by herpetologists. The relationship between the species is still being studied. Most recently, the Red River mudpuppy (""N. louisianensis"") was elevated to full species status, after being considered only a subspecies of the common mudpuppy (""N. maculosus""), but not all herpetologists agree on this change. The"
"Lunatia Lunatia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The species in this genus have been brought in synonymy mostly with ""Euspira"" Torigoe & Inaba (2011) provided a rather arbitrary assignment of species to respectively ""Euspira"" and ""Lunatia"" and this has been at one time uploaded in the WoRMS classification. However this is not based on any in-depth phylogenetic analysis and has proved inconsistent when some closely related European species (e.g. Euspira guillemini, E. macilenta) were then not congeneric. Until a substantiated phylogenetic hypothesis is published for the group, ""Lunatia"""
"Otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats, and wolverines. The word ""otter"" derives from the Old English word ""otor"" or ""oter"". This, and cognate words in other Indo-European languages, ultimately stem from the Proto-Indo-European language root *wódr̥, which also gave rise to the English word ""water"". An otter's den is called a holt or couch. Male otters are called dogs or boars,"
"once numbered in the tens of thousands and had destroyed thousands of acres of marshland, had nearly succeeded by 2012. Coypu The coypu (, ; ""Myocastor coypus""), also known as the nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent. Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, ""Myocastor"" is actually nested within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats. The coypu lives in burrows alongside stretches of water, and feeds on river plant stems. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by"
"species are: Necturus Necturus is a genus of aquatic salamanders endemic to the eastern United States and Canada. They are commonly known as waterdogs and mudpuppies. The common mudpuppy ""(N. maculosus)"" is probably the best-known species – as an amphibian with gill slits, it is often dissected in comparative anatomy classes. The genus is under scrutiny by herpetologists. The relationship between the species is still being studied. Most recently, the Red River mudpuppy (""N. louisianensis"") was elevated to full species status, after being considered only a subspecies of the common mudpuppy (""N. maculosus""), but not all herpetologists agree on this"
"failed to return. In 2008, 41% of all lemur taxa were threatened with extinction while 42% were classified on the IUCN Red List as ""Data Deficient"". In the first volume of the 10th edition of ""Systema Naturae"" (1758), Carl Linnaeus, the founder of modern binomial nomenclature, created the genus ""Lemur"" to include three species: ""Lemur tardigradus"" (the red slender loris, now known as ""Loris tardigradus""), ""Lemur catta"" (the ring-tailed lemur), and ""Lemur volans"" (the Philippine colugo, now known as ""Cynocephalus volans""). Although the term ""lemur"" was at first intended for lorises, it was soon applied to the endemic Malagasy primates,"
"Latin ""trutta"", meaning, literally, ""trout"". Behnke (2007) relates that the brown trout was the first species of trout described in the 1758 edition of ""Systema Naturae"" by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus. ""Systema Naturae"" established the system of binomial nomenclature for animals. ""Salmo trutta"" was used to describe anadromous or sea-run forms of brown trout. Linnaeus also described two other brown trout species in 1758. ""Salmo fario"" was used for riverine forms. ""Salmo lacustris"" was used for lake-dwelling forms. The native range of brown trout extends from northern Norway and White Sea tributaries in Russia in the Arctic Ocean to the"
"Adenomera lutzi Adenomera lutzi is a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae. It is endemic to Guyana. First described from the upper Potaro River based on specimens collected before 1905, it is now known from a number of sites around the Pakaraima Mountains in west-central Guyana. The specific name ""lutzi"" honors Adolfo Lutz, a Brazilian medical entomologist and parasitologist and a pioneer of herpetology. Common names Lutz's tropical bullfrog and Lutz's thin-toed frog have been coined for the species. Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The snout is sub-elliptical when seen above and rounded-acute in profile."
"Lontra weiri Lontra weiri (Weir's otter) is a fossil species in the carnivoran family Mustelidae from the Hagerman Fossil Beds of Idaho. It shared its habitat with ""Satherium piscinarium"", a probable ancestor of the giant otter of South America. It is named in honor of musician Bob Weir, and is the oldest known member of its genus. Prior to its discovery, ""Lontra"" was thought to have evolved from ""Lutra licenti"", which dates from the Pleistocene of East Asia. Weir's otter was intermediate in form between ""Lutra"" (Old World river otters) and modern members of its genus. It was a small"
"evergreen forests, savannas, llanos and pantanal. It prefers to live in clear fast-flowing rivers and streams. It is a relatively solitary animal and feeds mostly on fish and crustaceans. The taxonomy of the genus ""Lontra"" has been debated, but the use of ""Lontra"" rather than ""Lutra"" for New World otters is generally supported. The neotropical otter has a very wide range, covering a large portion of South America, so it is not surprising there are geographical structures separating some populations. One such geographical isolation is the Cordillera Mountains. Additionally, the river in the Magdellena river valley flows north, away from"
"Lutica Lutica is a genus of zodariid spiders that occurs only in North America on both the mainland California coast and the Channel Islands. ""Lutica abalonea"" is known from the coast west of Oxnard, California, ""Lutica clementea"" is known from San Clemente Island, ""Lutica maculata"" is known from Santa Rosa Island, and ""Lutica nicolasia"" is known from San Nicolas Island. It is believed that there is another species found on San Miguel Island, though it has not been described due to lack of adult specimens. These spiders are found living in coastal sand dunes in and around clumps of foliage."
"Genus ""Aonyx"" Genus ""Enhydra"" Genus †""Megalenhydris"" Genus †""Sardolutra"" Genus †""Algarolutra"" Genus †""Cyrnaonyx"" Genus †""Teruelictis"" Genus †""Enhydriodon"" Genus †""Enhydritherium"" Genus †""Teruelictis"" Genus †""Limnonyx"" Genus †""Lutravus"" Genus †""Sivaonyx"" Genus †""Torolutra"" Genus †""Tyrrhenolutra"" Genus †""Vishnuonyx"" Genus †""Siamogale"" The European otter (""Lutra lutra""), also called the Eurasian otter, inhabits Europe, most of Asia and parts of North Africa. In the British Isles, they were common as recently as the 1950s, but became rare in many areas due to the use of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, habitat loss and water pollution (they remained relatively common in parts of Scotland and Ireland). Population levels reached a low"
"river and its tributaries in the U.S. and in Canadian rivers on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. As treated here, the anadromous sea trout ""Salmo trutta"" morpha ""trutta"" is not taxonomically distinct from the freshwater-resident forms of the brown trout, i.e. the lacustrine ""S. t."" morpha ""lacustris"" and the riverine ""S. t."" morpha ""fario"", although previously they have been considered different subspecies or even species. They represent ecological forms with different migration behaviour. - Originally the name ""Salmo trutta"" was used to refer specifically to the anadromous or sea-run forms of brown trout. Early angling literature often referred to"
"Water caltrop The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus ""Trapa"": ""Trapa natans"", ""Trapa bicornis"" and the endangered ""Trapa rossica"". It is also known as buffalo nut, bat nut, devil pod, ling nut, lin kok, ling kio nut, mustache nut or singhada. The species are floating annual aquatic plants, growing in slow-moving water up to 5 m deep, native to warm temperate parts of Eurasia and Africa. They bear ornately shaped fruits, which in the case of ""T. bicornis"" resemble the head of a bull or the silhouette of a flying bat. Each fruit contains a"
"Alauda Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa, and one of the species (the Raso lark) endemic to the islet of Raso in the Cape Verde Islands. Further, at least two additional species are known from the fossil record. The current genus name is from Latin ""alauda"", ""lark"". Pliny the Elder thought the word was originally of Celtic origin. The genus ""Alauda"" was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ""Systema Naturae"". The type species was subsequently designated as the"
"Lemon tetra The lemon tetra (""Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis"") is a species of tropical freshwater fish which originates from South America, belonging to the family Characidae. It is a small tetra growing to 5 cm in length. The species is a long established favourite aquarium fish, being introduced to the aquarium in 1932. The lemon tetra is one of the deeper-bodied tetras, contrasting with slender, torpedo-shaped relations such as the cardinal tetra and the rummy nosed tetra, whose approximate body shape when seen from the side is that of a lozenge,(often referred to as a diamond, is a form of rhombus). The"
"rufa""), two of Pelecanidae, one of Scopidae (hamerkop ""Scopus umbretta""), 19 of Ardeidae (includes one slaty egret ""Egretta vinaceigula"", vulnerable and one enedangered species of Madagascar pond-heron ""Ardeola idae""), one of Scopidae (hamerkop ""Scopus umbretta"", two Pelecanidae, two of Phalacrocoracidae, one of Anhingidae (darter ""Anhinga melanogaster""), 13 of Falconidae (including lesser kestrel ""Falco naumann"" vulnerable species, three near threatened species namely, red-footed falcon ""Falco vespertinus"", sooty falcon ""Falco concolor"" and Taita falcon ""Falco fasciinucha""), 49 of Accipitridae (including one endangered species Egyptian vulture ""Neophron percnopterus"", two vulnerable species namely, Cape griffon ""Gyps coprotheres"" and white-headed vulture ""Trigonoceps occipitalis"" and three"
"Lucina (bivalve) Lucina is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Fossils of ""Lucina"" are found in marine strata from the Devonian until the Quaternary (age range: from 388.1 to 0.012 million years ago). The members of the genus ""Lucina"", as other members of the family Lucinidae, are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide mark. They have characteristically rounded shells with forward-facing projections. The valves are flattened and etched with concentric rings. Each valve bears two cardinal and two plate-like lateral teeth. These molluscs"