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 |
| Species | |
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| Lontra range | |
Lontra is a genus of otters from the American continent.[1]
The genus comprises four species:
- North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
- Southern River Otter (Lontra provocax)
- Neotropical Otter (Lontra longicaudis)
- Marine Otter (Lontra felina)
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 (ed.). [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
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