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Lontra canadensis

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Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777). Die Säugethiere, 3(18):pl. 126.B[1776], text: 3(26):457, 588(index)[1777]) (First occurance of name on pg. 588)

TYPE LOCALITY: "Der Fischotter...Europa überall gemein,... Einwohner des nördlichen Theils von Asien, bis nach Kamatschatka hinaus, und... Persian hinunter, und von Nordamerika." Miller (1912b: 113) listed the type locality as "Eastern Canada ".

DISTRIBUTION: Most of North America south to Arizona, Texas, and Florida.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: americana Wyman, 1847; atterima Elliot, 1901; brevipilosus Grinnell, 1914; californica Baird, 1857; chimo Anderson, 1945; degener Bangs, 1898; destructor Barnston, 1863; evexa Goldman, 1935; hudsonica Merriam, 1899; interior Swenk, 1920; kodiacensis Goldman, 1935; lataxina F. G. Cuvier, 1823; mira Goldman, 1935; mollis Gray, 1843; nexa Goldman, 1935; optiva Goldman, 1935; pacifica Grinnell, 1933; paranensis Elliot, 1901; periclyzomae Elliot, 1905; preblei Goldman, 1935; rhoadsi Cope, 1897; sonora Rhoads, 1898; texensis Goldman, 1935; vaga Bangs, 1898; vancouverensis Goldman, 1935; yukonensis Goldman, 1935.

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 311, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Lontra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Schreber
Species
canadensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Miller, G. S., Jr. 1912 b. List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 79: 1 - 455.
  • Elliot, D. G. 1901. A synopsis of the mammals of North America and the adjacent seas. Field Columbian Museum, Zoological Series, 2, 45: 1 - 471.
  • Baird, S. F. 1857. Mammals: General report upon the zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes. Vol. 8, pt. 1, in Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Senate executive document no. 78, Washington, D. C., 757 pp.
  • Goldman, E. A. 1935. New American mustelids of the genera Martes, Gulo, and Lutra. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 48: 175 - 186.
  • Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.
  • Grinnell, J. 1933. Review of the Recent mammal fauna of California. University of California Publications in Zoology, 40: 71 - 234.
  • Elliot, D. G. 1905. A checklist of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. Field Columbian Museum, Publication 105, Zoological Series, 6: 1 - 761.