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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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SPECIES canadensis

SUBSPECIES canadensis

SUBSPECIES kodiacensis

SUBSPECIES lataxina

SUBSPECIES mira

SUBSPECIES pacifica

SUBSPECIES periclyzomae

SUBSPECIES sonora

SPECIES felina

SPECIES longicaudis

SUBSPECIES longicaudis

SUBSPECIES annectens

SUBSPECIES enudris

SPECIES provocax

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