Lontra canadensis

Lontra canadensis

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: Lontra canadensis
Subspecies: L. c. canadensis - L. c. kodiacensis - L. c. lataxina - L. c. mira - L. c. pacifica - L. c. periclyzomae - L. c. sonora

Name

Lontra canadensis, (Schreber, 1777)

Type locality: "Der Fischotter ...Europa überall gemein... Einwohner des nordlichen Theils von Asien, bis nach Kamatschatka hinaus, und ...Persian hinunter, und von Nordamerika." Miller (1912b:113) listed the type locality as "Eastern Canada".

References

• Schreber, J. C. D. 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 3(18): pl. 126.B [1776], see also text:3(26):457, 588(index)[1777]). (First occurance of name on pg. 588).
• Sergie Larivière and Lyle R. Walton, 1998. Lontra canadiensis, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 587, pp. 1-8, 3 figs.
• Lontra canadensis 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: Lontra canadiensis (Schreber, 1777) (Least Concern)
• Lontra canadiensis (Schreber, 1777) Report on ITIS

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Lontra canadensis

Vernacular names

Dansk: Nordamerikansk odder
English: North American River Otter, Canadian otter
Hrvatski: Sjeverna riječna vidra
Magyar: Kanadai vidra
Nederlands: Rivierotter
日本語: カナダカワウソ
Polski: Wydra kanadyjska
Suomi: Amerikansaukko
Svenska: Flodutter
Türkçe: Kanada su samuru