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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | †Satherium Gazin, 1934[2] |
| Type species | |
| †Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873)
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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]
References edit
- ^ Alroy, John, PaleoDB collection 20308, March 26, 1995, De Soto Shell Pit, Caloosahatchee Formation, DeSoto County, Florida
- ^ "Satherium". Fossilworks.
- ^ Prevosti, Francisco J.; Ferrero, Brenda S. (2008). "A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1171–1181. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1171. hdl:11336/80190.