Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018
See also Hall 1981, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Larivière 1998, Marmi et al. 2004, Pickford 2007, Willemsen 1992 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Lontra canadensis Lontra felina Lontra longicaudis Lontra provocax Lontra weiri
Ecology: amphibious carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (2), Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (29: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (1)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 43 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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