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NRLD - 22019 | Lutra lutra

Assessment ID
22019
Taxon name
Lutra lutra
Lataste, 1885
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lutra lutra
Lataste, 1885
Common name(s)
Finnish: saukko, utter
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
mustelidae
Genus
Lutra
Species
lutra
Species authority
Lataste, 1885
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Finland
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Finland
Country ISO code(s)
FIN
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Near Threatened
Abbreviated status
NT
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2001
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Rassi, P., Alanen, A., Kanerva, T. & Mannerkoski, I. (eds.). 2001. The Red List of Finnish Species. Ministry of the Environment & Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. 432 pages. (English Summary)
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Rivers, Brooks and small rivers, Rapids, Baltic Sea
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Trapping, hunting, fishing and illegal killing, Disturbance and traffic, Chemical disturbances (environmental toxins, pesticides, oil and atmospheric pollution, eutrophication)
Publication
Suomen lajien uhanalaisuus 2000
Rassi, P., A. Alanen, T. Kanerva, and I. Mannerkoski, editors. 2001. The Red List of Finnish Species. Ministry of the Environment & Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. 432 pages. (English Summary)