Lontra canadensis 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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Lutrinae
Genus: Lontra
Species: Lontra canadensis
Subspecies: Lontra canadensis canadiensis

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

Lontra americana (Wyman, 1847)
Lontra canadiensis chimo (Anderson, 1945)
Lutra degener Bangs, 1898
Lutra destructor Barnston, 1863
Mustela hudsonica Desmarest, 1803

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 pg. 588).

Lontra canadensis 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.

Lontra canadiensis canadiensis (Schreber, 1777) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

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