Enhydra lutris

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Mustelidae; Enhydra; Enhydra lutris; Kamchatka; Sakhalin; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345233; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB865637C24FFED2966A5BCF6ABC38E7

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758) [Mustela] lutris Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45. Type Locality: "Asia et America septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911 a ), to" Kamtchatka ", then by Heptner et al. (1967:884) to "Commander Isls" [Russia]. Roest (1973) listed the type locality as "the east central coast of Kamchatka, opposite the Commander Islands" [Russia]. Vernacular Names: Sea Otter. Subspecies:: Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. lutris Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. kenyoni Wilson 1991 Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. nereis Merriam 1904 Distribution: Canada, Russia (Sakhalin Isl, Kurile Isls, Commander Isls, Kamchatka), USA (Aleutian Isls, and S Alaska to California). Formerly in Japan (coastal Hokkaido) and Mexico (Baja California). Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as E. l. nereis otherwise Appedix II. U.S. ESA – Threatened as E. lutris nereis in all of its range except for areas subject to U.S. jurisdiction south of Pt. Conception, CA (34°26.9' N. Lat.), where it is listed as an Experimental Non Essential Population; U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon as E. l. kenyoni IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: Reviewed by Roest (1973), Davis and Lidicker (1975), Estes (1980), and Wilson et al. (1991). Synonyms allocated according to Wilson et al. (1991). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 602, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519