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Lontra canadensis canadensis  (Schreber, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 727009

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subspecies  
  Synonym(s): Mustela hudsonica Desmarest, 1803
  
    Lutra destructor Barnston, 1863
  
    Lutra degener Bangs, 1898
  
    Mustela lutra canadensis Schreber, 1777
  
    Lutra americana Wyman, 1847
  
    Lutra canadensis chimo Anderson, 1945
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyLutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 – otters  
                                           GenusLontra Gray, 1843 – river otters  
                                              SpeciesLontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) – North American River Otter, Northern River Otter, River Otter, Nutria Norteamericana, Nutria del Cánada, Loutre de Cánada, Common Otter  
                                                 SubspeciesLontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber, 1777)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Larivière, Serge, and Lyle R. Walton  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lontra canadensis   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammalian Species, no. 587   
  Page(s): 1-8   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0076-3519   
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  Reference for: Lontra canadensis canadensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Lontra canadensis canadensis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Sue Ruff, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1999   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals   
  Page(s): xxv + 750   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-845-2   
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  Reference for: Lontra canadensis canadensis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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