Chironectes Illiger, 1811 . Prodr. Syst. Mammal. Avium., p. 76.

TYPE SPECIES: Lutra minima Zimmermann, 1780, by monotypy.

SYNONYMS: Gamba Liais, 1872; Mentina Fischer, 1814; Sarigua Muirhead, 1819 (part).