Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 157463
Alternative combination: Mustela lutra
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Lutra according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Lutra affinis, Lutra bravardi, Lutra bressana, Lutra castiglionis, Lutra fatimazohrae, Lutra franconica, Lutra hessica, Lutra licenti, Lutra lybica, Lutra maculicollis, Lutra palaeoleptonyx, Lutra piscinaria, Lutra simplicidens, Lutra sumatrana, Nesolutra euxena
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): femur length 95.0, humerus length 93.0, radius length 62.0, scapula length 68.0, skull length 107.8, tibia length 99.0
Estimated body mass: 3.51 kg based on femur length, humerus length, and tibia length