WoRMS taxon details
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137076 on 2025-10-25
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal waters (but mostly in fresh water) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | vidralunzalundralundërzakajka | [details] |
| Bulgarian | Видраvidrа | [details] |
| Danish | odder | [details] |
| Dutch | otter | [details] |
| English | otterEuropean otterEurasian otter | [details] |
| French | loutre d'Europeloutre commune | [details] |
| German | Fischotter | [details] |
| Hebrew | לוטרה | [details] |
| Italian | lontra comunelontra | [details] |
| Lithuanian | paprastoji ūdra | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Ευρωπαϊκή βίδραΒίδρα | [details] |
| Norwegian | oter | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | oter | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | oter | [details] |
| Polish | wydra zwyczajnawydra europejska | [details] |
| Romanian | vidra | [details] |
| Russian | речная выдрапорешняобыкновенная | [details] |
| Slovenian | vidra | [details] |
| Spanish | nutria | [details] |
| Swedish | utter | [details] |
| Turkish | su samuru | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Видра річкова | [details] |
| Welsh | dyfrgi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (208 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutra lutra)
To GenBank (76401 nucleotides; 58299 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (208 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lutra lutra)
To GenBank (76401 nucleotides; 58299 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
