Enhydra lutris

Enhydra lutris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Enhydra
Species: Enhydra lutris
Subspecies: E.l.kenyoni - E.l.lutris - E.l.nereis

Name

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

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].

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, 10th ed. L. Salvii, Uppsala, 1:1-823 (45).
• James A. Estes, 1980. Enhydra lutris, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 133, pp. 1-8, 3 figs.
• Enhydra lutris in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Endangered)
• Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) Report on ITIS

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Enhydra lutris

Vernacular names

Català: Llúdria marina
Dansk: Havodder
Eesti: Merisaarmas, Kalaan
English: Sea Otter
Français: Loutre de mer
Hrvatski: Morska vidra
עברית: לוטרת־ים
日本語: ラッコ
Polski: Wydra morska, kałan
cjh: pʼítkʷɬ
Türkçe: Deniz samuru
Українська: Калан
ale: Chaxtux̂, chngatux̂

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