Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) . Die Säugethiere, 3(18):pl. 126.B[1776], text: 3(26):457, 588(index)[1777]) (First occurance of name on pg. 588)

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

DISTRIBUTION: Most of North America south to Arizona, Texas, and Florida.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: americana Wyman, 1847; atterima Elliot, 1901; brevipilosus Grinnell, 1914; californica Baird, 1857; chimo Anderson, 1945; degener Bangs, 1898; destructor Barnston, 1863; evexa Goldman, 1935; hudsonica Merriam, 1899; interior Swenk, 1920; kodiacensis Goldman, 1935; lataxina F. G. Cuvier, 1823; mira Goldman, 1935; mollis Gray, 1843; nexa Goldman, 1935; optiva Goldman, 1935; pacifica Grinnell, 1933; paranensis Elliot, 1901; periclyzomae Elliot, 1905; preblei Goldman, 1935; rhoadsi Cope, 1897; sonora Rhoads, 1898; texensis Goldman, 1935; vaga Bangs, 1898; vancouverensis Goldman, 1935; yukonensis Goldman, 1935.