Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
Subfamily Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 - otters
Genus Lutra Brisson, 1762 - river otters
Lutra maculicollis Lichtenstein, 1835 - spotted-necked otter
see Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein, 1835)