Lontra

Lontra canadensis (northern river otter)

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: Lontra
Species: L. canadensis - L. felina - L. longicaudis - L. provocax

Name

Lontra Gray, 1843

Type species: Lutra canadensis Gray, 1843 ( = Lutra canadensis Schreber, 1777).

References

• Gray, J. E. 1843. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Mammalia in the British Museum colloction. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1, 11:118
• Lontra in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214
• Lontra Gray, 1943 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

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