Satherium

For the extinct hippopotamus genus, see Saotherium.

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.

Satherium Temporal range: Pliocene - Early Pleistocene 4.9–1.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Lutrinae
Genus:	†Satherium Gazin, 1934[2]
Type species
†Satherium piscinarium (Leidy, 1873)
Other Species
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]