Sardolutra
Extinct genus of otter
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Sardolutra ichnusae is an extinct species of otter from the Late Pleistocene of Sardinia. It was originally described as Nesolutra ichnusae.[2] It was a rather small species of otter, probably living in the sea. Among its characteristics is a relatively very large baculum, larger than in any living otter. The species probably evolved from a species of Lutra, maybe L. castiglionis.[3]
| Sardolutra Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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| Skull of the Sardolutra ichnusae holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Sardolutra Willemsen, 1992[1] |
| Species: | †S. ichnusae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sardolutra ichnusae (Malatesta, 1977) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nesolutra ichnusae | |
