Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 310

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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Asia et America septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911a), to " Kamtchatka ", then by Roest (1973), to "the east central coast of Kamchatka, opposite the Commander Islands." [ Russia].

DISTRIBUTION: Russia (Sakhalin Isl, Kurile Isis, Commander Isis, Kamchatka), Canada, USA (Aleutian Isis, and S Alaska to California). Formerly in Mexico (Baja California) and Japan (coastal Hokkaido).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as E. I. nereis ; otherwise Appedix II. U.S. ESA - Threatened as E. I. nereis .

SYNONYMS: aterrima Pallas, 1811 ; gracilis Bechstein, 1800 ; kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922; kenyoni Wilson, 1990; marina Steller, 1751 ; nereis Merriam, 1904 ; orientalis Oken, 1816 ; stelleri Lesson, 1827 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Roest (1973), Davis and Lidicker (1975), Wilson et al. (1991), and Estes (1980, Mammalian Species, 133).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Enhydra

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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

W. Christopher Wozencraft 1993
1993
Loc

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linnaeus 1758: 45
1758
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