Lutra castiglionis Pereira & Salotti, 2000
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cyrnolutra castiglionis Pereira & Salotti, 2000 (original combination)
Originally described as Cyrnolutra castiglionis (Pereira & Salotti, 2000), it was tranferred to the extant genus Lutra by (Willemsen, 2006).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Middle or Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Corsica, France
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pereira, E. and Salotti, M. (2000). Cyrnolutra castiglionis, une nouvelle forme de loutre (Mustelidae, Lutrinae), dans un depot du Pléistocène moyen “Castiglione 3CG” (Oletta, HauteCorse). Comptes Rendu de la Académie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planets 331: 45-52.
Other references:
Willemsen, Gerard F. (2006). Megalenhydris and its relationship to Lutra Reconsidered. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 41: 83-87.