Lutrinae (Noun)
Meaning
Subdivision not used in some classifications: otters.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Lutrinae is a subfamily of the weasel family Mustelidae and is a subdivision not used in some classifications that encompasses all otters.
- Some classifications recognize the otter family as a separate group and refer to the members as lutrinae, a distinct subdivision.
- Biologists specializing in carnivorous mammals categorize the otters into lutrinae, with three subfamilies under it.
- Scientists define lutrinae as the taxonomic classification of the world's 13 otter species that exist on the planet.
- Many contemporary mammal researchers subsume the Lutrinae as an infratribe Lutrini, treating them as otters of one larger category rather than two.