Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.[1]
Lontra | |
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North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
Genus: | Lontra Gray, 1843 |
Type species | |
Lutra canadensis Gray, 1843[1]
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Species | |
Lontra range |
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus. The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lontra canadensis | North American river otter | North America | |
Lontra provocax | Southern river otter | Chile and Argentina | |
Lontra longicaudis | Neotropical otter | Central America, South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad | |
Lontra felina | Marine otter | South America |
Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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†Lontra weiri | Weir's otter | Pliocene North America[2] |