Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Suborder Caniformia | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae | |
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Similar Megalenhydris, Sardinian dhole, Pannonictis, Plesictis, Plesiogulo | ||
Sardolutra ichnusae is an extinct species of otter from the late Pleistocene of Sardinia. It was originally described as Nesolutra ichnusae. 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.
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