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Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela lutra canadensis was named by Schreber (1776). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mustela (Lutra) canadensis by Kerr (1792); it was recombined as Lutra canadensis by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Lontra canadensis by Gray (1843), van Zyll de Jong (1987), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Larivière (1998), Marmi et al. (2004) and Cherin et al. (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Mustela lutra canadensis Schreber
1792Mustela (Lutra) canadensis Kerr
1843Lontra canadensis Gray
1896Lutra rhoadsii Cope
1902Lutra canadensis Hay p. 769
1902Lutra rhoadsii Hay p. 769
1933Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin p. 349
1941Lutra iowa Goldman
1980Lutra canadensis Kurten and Anderson p. 158
1987Lontra canadensis van Zyll de Jong
1992Lutra canadensis Willemsen p. 114
1992Lutra iowa Willemsen p. 114
1993Lontra canadensis Wilson and Reeder
1998Lontra canadensis Larivière p. 1
2004Lontra canadensis Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2016Lontra canadensis Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyLutrinaeBaird 1857
genusLontraGray 1843
speciescanadensis(Schreber 1776)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 [North American river otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra iowa Goldman 1941 [synonym], Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym], Lutra rhoadsii Cope 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:14:09
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:14:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Lutra canadensis (20122)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lontra canadensis (98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lutra canadensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Lutra canadensis (74246 93253)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Lutra canadensis (20285)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781USA (Virginia) Lontra canadensis (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Lutra canadensis (20477)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Lutra canadensis (20556)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Lutra parvicuspis (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Lutra canadensis (20514)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Lutra canadensis (20299 20385 20400)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Lutra canadensis (20293 20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Lutra rhoadsii (20479)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Lontra canadensis (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lontra canadensis, Lutra canadensis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Lutra canadensis (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Lontra canadensis (104758) Lutra canadensis (124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lutra canadensis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lutra canadensis (34269 74292 154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Lutra canadensis (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Lutra canadensis (154771)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Lontra canadensis (221970) Lutra canadensis (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Lontra canadensis (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Lutra canadensis (176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Georgia) Lontra canadensis (152113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Lutra canadensis (104675)