Lontra
| Lontra | |
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| North American river otters | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: |
Lontra Gray, 1843 |
| Type species | |
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Lutra canadensis Schreber, 1777 |
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| Species | |
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| Lontra range | |
L. canadensis
L. felina
L. longicaudis
L. provocax
†L. weiri
Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.
The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus.
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