Lontra Gray 1843

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 603

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scientific name	Lontra Gray 1843
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Lontra Gray 1843 View in CoL

Lontra Gray 1843 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 11: 118.

Type Species: Lutra canadensis Gray 1843

Species and subspecies: 4 species with 10 subspecies:

Species Lontra canadensis ( Schreber 1777)

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. canadensis Schreber 1777

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. kodiacensis Goldman 1935

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. lataxina Cuvier 1823

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. mira Goldman 1935

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. pacifica J. A. Allen 1898

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. periclyzomae Elliot 1905

Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. sonora Rhoads 1898

Species Lontra felina ( Molina 1782)

Species Lontra longicaudis ( Olfers 1818)

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. longicaudis Olfers 1818

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. annectens Major 1897

Subspecies Lontra longicaudis subsp. enudris F. G. Cuvier 1823

Species Lontra provocax Thomas 1908

Discussion: Van Zyll de Jong (1972, 1987, 1991), Koepfli and Wayne (1998), and Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) supported the separation of New World otters (except Pteronura ) into Lontra .