Global InformationLutra euxena information
| Lutra euxena Temporal range: 2.588 to 0.012 Ma
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Conservation status
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Extinct (0.012 Ma)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Lutra |
| Species: | †L. euxena
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| Binomial name | |
| †Lutra euxena Willemsen, 2006
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| Synonyms | |
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†Nesolutra euxena Bate 1935 | |
Lutra euxena is an extinct species of otter that was endemic to Malta during the middle to late Pleistocene. The species likely went extinct because of human activity.[1][2]
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