Lutrogale
# Lutrogale

Lutrogale was proposed as generic name by John Edward Gray in 1865 for otters with a convex forehead and nose, using the smooth-coated otter L. perspicillata as type species.

The genus also contains the following extinct and fossil species:

* L. cretensis – Cretan otter
* L. palaeoleptonyx
* L. robusta
