Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 602

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scientific name

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)
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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758) View in CoL

[Mustela] lutris Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Asia et America septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911 a), to" Kamtchatka ", then by Heptner et al. (1967:884) to "Commander Isls" [ Russia]. Roest (1973) listed the type locality as "the east central coast of Kamchatka, opposite the Commander Islands" [ Russia] .

Vernacular Names: Sea Otter.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. lutris Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. kenyoni Wilson 1991

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. nereis Merriam 1904

Distribution: Canada, Russia (Sakhalin Isl, Kurile Isls, Commander Isls, Kamchatka), USA (Aleutian Isls, and S Alaska to California). Formerly in Japan (coastal Hokkaido) and Mexico (Baja California).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I as E. l. nereis; otherwise Appedix II. U.S. ESA – Threatened as E. lutris nereis in all of its range except for areas subject to U.S. jurisdiction south of Pt. Conception, CA (34°26.9' N. Lat.), where it is listed as an Experimental Non Essential Population; U.S. ESA – Candidate taxon as E. l. kenyoni; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Roest (1973), Davis and Lidicker (1975), Estes (1980), and Wilson et al. (1991). Synonyms allocated according to Wilson et al. (1991).

ESA

Universidade de São Paulo

CA

Chicago Academy of Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Enhydra

Loc

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Mustela] lutris

Linnaeus 1758: 45
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