Lutrogale
Sign in to saveLutrogale 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.
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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.
The genus also contains the following extinct and fossil species: L. cretensis – Cretan otter L. palaeoleptonyx L. robusta
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