Biology:Lontra

From HandWiki

Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.[1]

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. The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:

Extant species

Genus Lontra – Gray, 1843 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
North American river otter

Lontra canadensis
(Schreber, 1777)

Seven subspecies
  • L. c. canadensis (Schreber, 1777)
  • L. c. kodiacensis (Goldman, 1935)
  • L. c. lataxina (Cuvier, 1823)
  • L. c. mira (Goldman, 1935)
  • L. c. pacifica (J. A. Allen, 1898)
  • L. c. periclyzomae (Elliot, 1905)
  • L. c. sonora (Rhoads, 1898)
North America
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Southern river otter

Lontra provocax
(Thomas, 1908) 		Chile and Argentina
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 


Neotropical otter

Lontra longicaudis
(Olfers, 1818)

Four subspecies
  • L. l. enudris
  • L. l. incarum
  • L. l. longicaudis
  • L. l. raferrous
South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NT 


Northern neotropical otter[2][3]


Lontra annectens
(Forsyth Major, 1897)

Six subspecies
  • L. a. annectens
  • L. a. colombiana
Central America, South America Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 NE 


Marine otter

Lontra felina
(Molina, 1782) 		South America
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EN 




File:Lontra fossils FLMNH.jpg
Fossil Lontra remains from the Miocene of Florida (FLMNH). The oldest Lontra fossils known.

Extinct species

Scientific name Common name Distribution
†Lontra weiri Weir's otter Pliocene North America[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14001096. 
  2. ↑ de Ferren, V. et al. (June 2024). "Genome-wide data support recognition of an additional species of Neotropical river otter (Mammalia, Mustelidae, Lutrinae)". Journal of Mammalogy 105 (3): 534-542. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae009. 
  3. ↑ "Lontra annectens". American Society of Mammalogy. https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006847/. 
  4. ↑ Prassack, K.A. (July 2016). "Lontra weiri, sp. nov., a Pliocene river otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) from the Hagerman Fossil Beds (Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument), Idaho, USA". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 (4). doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1149075. Bibcode: 2016JVPal..36E9075P. 

Template:Musteloidea Wikidata ☰ Q1777275 entry




Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Lontra&oldid=4083683"