Lontra
Genus of carnivores
Lontra | |
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North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
Genus: | Lontra Gray, 1843 |
Type species | |
Lutra canadensis Gray, 1843[1] | |
Species | |
L. canadensis | |
Lontra range |
Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.[1]
Species
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus. The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
Extant species
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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North American river otter
| Lontra canadensis (, ) Seven subspecies
| North America | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Southern river otter
| Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) | Chile and Argentina | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
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Neotropical otter
| Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) Six subspecies
| Central America, South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad | Size: Habitat: Diet: | NT
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Marine otter
| Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) | South America | Size: Habitat: Diet: | EN
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Extinct species
Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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†Lontra weiri | Weir's otter | Pliocene North America[2] |
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Lontra.
- ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Prassack, K.A. (July 2016). "Lontra weiri, sp. nov., a Pliocene river otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) from the Hagerman Fossil Beds (Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument), Idaho, USA". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (4): e1149075. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1149075. S2CID 87404097.
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Extant Carnivora species
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
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