Enhydra reevei Newton 1890 (sea otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative combinations: Enhydriodon reevei, Lutra reevei

Full reference: R. T. Newton. 1890. On some new mammals from the Red and Norwich Crags. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 46:444-453

Belongs to Enhydra according to G. F. Willemsen 1992

See also Newton 1890, Osborn 1922 and Repenning 1976

Sister taxa: Enhydra lutris, Enhydra macrodonta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bramerton, which is in a Gelasian marine horizon in the Norwich Crag Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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