Lontra | |
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North American river otters | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
Genus: |
Lontra Gray, 1843 |
Type species | |
Lutra canadensis Schreber, 1777 |
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Species | |
Lontra range |
L. canadensis
L. felina
L. longicaudis
L. provocax
†L. weiri
Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.
The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus.