Lontra

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	North American River Otters
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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Lutrinae
Genus:	Lontra; Gray, 1843
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	L. canadensis (type); L. felina; L. longicaudis; L. provocax
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	Lontra range

Lontra is a genus of otters from the American continent.^[1]

The genus comprises four species:

These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the European Otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus.

References[edit]

^ Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. [http://google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA532 Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference] (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. External link in |title= (help)

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