Enhydra lutris

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Enhydra lutris

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
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

[edit] 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].

[edit] 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 on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 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

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