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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Lutrinae
--> GENUS Enhydra
--> SPECIES lutris
SUBSPECIES Enhydra lutris lutris
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 45. | Type Locality: | "Asia et America septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911a), to"Kamtchatka", then by Heptner et al. (1967:884) to "Commander Isls" [Russia]. Roest (1973) listed the type locality as "the east central coast of Kamchatka, opposite the Commander Islands" [Russia]. | |
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gracilis (Bechstein, 1800) kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922 marina (Erxleben, 1777) orientalis (Oken, 1816) stelleri (Lesson, 1827)
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