Satherium
Extinct genus of mustelid
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Satherium is an extinct genus of otters that lived in North America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Two species are known, Satherium piscinarium and Satherium ingens.
| Satherium | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | †Satherium Gazin, 1934[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873) | |
| Other Species | |
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Satherium ingens Gazin, 1934 | |
S. piscinarium was originally classified as a species of Lutra. The giant otter of South America is considered the closest living relative of this genus.[3]