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SUBSPECIES Lontra canadensis canadensis

Author:Schreber, 1777.
Citation:Die Säugethiere, 3(18): pl. 126.B[1776], see also text:3(26):457, 588(index)[1777]). (First occurance of name on pg. 588).
Type Locality:"Der Fischotter ...Europa überall gemein... Einwohner des nordlichen Theils von Asien, bis nach Kamatschatka hinaus, und ...Persian hinunter, und von Nordamerika." Miller (1912b:113) listed the type locality as "Eastern Canada".
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Synonyms:

    americana (Wyman, 1847)
    chimo (Anderson, 1945)
    degener (Bangs, 1898)
    destructor (Barnston, 1863)
    hudsonica (Desmarest, 1803)

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