Lontra canadensis

• 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; Lontra; Lontra canadensis; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345247; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F3A0DF8998228C500083A693B88AFF5

Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) [Mustela] lutra Schreber 1777, Die Saugethiere, Vol. 3, 18: pl. 126. B [1776], see also text: 3 (26): 457, 588 (index) [1777]). (First occurance of name on pg. 588). 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 ". Vernacular Names: North American River Otter. Subspecies:: Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. canadensis Schreber 1777 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. kodiacensis Goldman 1935 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. lataxina Cuvier 1823 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. mira Goldman 1935 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. pacifica J. A. Allen 1898 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. periclyzomae Elliot 1905 Subspecies Lontra canadensis subsp. sonora Rhoads 1898 Distribution: Canada, USA (except for arid SW desert regions), USA (historical distributions of Alaska and most of contiguous 48 states exclusive of the Central Plains). Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Reviewed by Larivière and Walton (1998). Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1981), and Larivière and Walton (1998). 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 603, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519