HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Lutrinae
GENUS Lontra
Author: | Gray, 1843. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [ser. 1], 11: 118. | Type Species: | Lutra canadensis Gray, 1843 ( = Lutra canadensis Shreber, 1777). | Comments: | Van Zyll de Jong (1972, 1987, 1991), Koepfli and Wayne (1998), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) supported the separation of New World otters (except Pteronura) into Lontra. |
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