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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Lutrinae
--> GENUS Enhydra
SPECIES Enhydra lutris
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 45. | | Common Name: | Sea Otter | | 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]. | | Distribution: | Canada, Russia (Sakhalin Isl, Kurile Isls, Commander Isls, Kamchatka), USA (Aleutian Isls, and S Alaska to California). Formerly in Japan (coastal Hokkaido) and Mexico (Baja California). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I as E. l. nereis; otherwise Appedix II. U.S. ESA – Threatened as E. lutris nereis in all of its range except for areas subject to U.S. jurisdiction south of Pt. Conception, CA (34°26.9' N. Lat.), where it is listed as an Experimental Non Essential Population; U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon as E. l. kenyoni; IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Roest (1973), Davis and Lidicker (1975), Estes (1980), and Wilson et al. (1991). Synonyms allocated according to Wilson et al. (1991). |
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