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| The following is the unrevised list of the world otters taken from C.J. Harris's study of recent Lutrinea in 1968 |
| AREA | SCIENTIFIC NAMES | ||||
| 1) | Palaearctic (those partly oriental are marked *) | Lutra | lutra | lutra | |
| Lutra | lutra | aurobrunnea | |||
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* |
Lutra | lutra | barang | ||
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* |
Lutra | lutra | chinensis | ||
| Lutra | lutra | kutab | |||
| Lutra | lutra | meridionalis | |||
| Lutra | lutra | monticola | |||
| Lutra | lutra | seistanica | |||
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* |
Lutra | (Lutrogale) | perspicillata | perspicillata | |
| Lutra | (Lutrogale) | perspicillata | maxwelli | ||
| Lutra | (Lutrogale) | perspicillata | sindica | ||
| Amblonyx cinerea concolor | |||||
| 2) | Oriental | Lutra | lutra | nair | |
| Lutra | sumatrana | ||||
| Amblonyx | cinerea | cinerea | |||
| Amblonyx | cinerea | nirnai | |||
| 3) | 3 African | Aonyx | capensis | ||
| Aonyx | paraonyx | congica | |||
| Aonyx | paraonyx | microdon | |||
| Aonyx | paraonyx | phillippsi | |||
| Lutra | hydrictis | maculicollis | maculicollis | ||
| Lutra | maculicollis | chobiensis | |||
| Lutra | maculicollis | kivuana | |||
| Lutra | maculicollis | matschiei | |||
| Lutra | maculicollis | nilotica | |||
| Lutra | maculicollis | tenius | |||
| 4) | North American (Nearctic) | Lutra | canadensis | canadensis | |
| Lutra | canadensis | brevipilosus | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | chimo | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | degener | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | evexa | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | extera | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | interior | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | kodiacensis | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | lataxina | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | mira | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | nexa | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | optiva | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | pacifica | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | periclyzomae | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | preblei | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | sonora | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | texensis | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | vaga | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | vancouverensis | |||
| Lutra | canadensis | yukonensis | |||
| 5) | Central and South American (neotropical) | Lutra |
annectens |
annectens |
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| Lutra | annectens | colombiana | |||
| Lutra | annectens | latidens | |||
| Lutra | annectens | parilina | |||
| Lutra | annectens | repanda | |||
| Lutra | enudris | enudris | |||
| Lutra | enudris | insularis | |||
| Lutra | enudris | mitis | |||
| Lutra | enudris | felina | |||
| Lutra | enudris | incarum | |||
| Lutra | enudris | mesopetes | |||
| Lutra | enudris | platensis | |||
| Lutra | enudris | provocax | |||
| Pteronura | brasiliensis | brasiliensis | |||
| Pteronura | brasiliensis | paranensis | |||
| 6) | Palaearctic/Nearctic | Enhydra | Lutra | lutris | |
| Enhydra | Lutra | nereis | |||