Lontra canadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lontra
Species: Lontra canadensis
Subspecies: L. c. canadensis – L. c. kodiacensis – L. c. lataxina – L. c. mira – L. c. pacifica – L. c. periclyzomae – L. c. sonora

Name

Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)

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

Synonyms

Lutra canadensis Schreber, 1777

References

Schreber, J.C.D. 1776. Die Säugethiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 3(18): pl. 126.B [1776], see also text: 3(26): 457, 588 (index) [1777]). (First occurrence of name on p. 588).
Sergie Larivière and Lyle R. Walton, 1998. Lontra canadiensis, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 587, pp. 1–8, 3 figs.
Lontra canadensis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Lontra canadiensis (Schreber, 1777) (Least Concern)
Lontra canadiensis (Schreber, 1777) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Links

North American Mammals: Lontra canadensis. Smithsonian Institution.

Vernacular names

català: Llúdria del Canadà
dansk: Nordamerikansk odder
Deutsch: Nordamerikanischer Fischotter
English: North American River Otter
español: Nutria de río norteamericana
suomi: Amerikansaukko
français: Loutre de rivière
hrvatski: Sjeverna riječna vidra
magyar: Kanadai vidra
日本語: カナダカワウソ
Nederlands: Rivierotter
polski: Wydra kanadyjska
português: Lontra-norte-americana
svenska: Flodutter
Türkçe: Kanada su samuru

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