Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) . 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).