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Lontra felina (marine otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela felina was named by Molina (1782). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lutra felina by Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Lontra felina by Larivière (1998) and Marmi et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Mustela felina Molina p. 284
1792Lutra chilensis Kerr p. 172
1837Lutra californica Gray p. 580
1841Lutra peruensis Gervais p. 15
1841Lutra brachydactyla Wagner p. 261
1908Lutra cinerea Thomas p. 393
1992Lutra felina Willemsen p. 114
1998Lontra felina Larivière p. 1
2004Lontra felina Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
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
speciesfelina(Molina 1782)

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 felina Molina 1782 [marine otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra brachydactyla Wagner 1841 [synonym], Lutra californica Gray 1837 [synonym], Lutra chilensis Kerr 1792 [synonym], Lutra cinerea Thomas 1908 [synonym], Lutra peruensis Gervais 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 2.43 kg Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 3.02 kg Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 4.13 kg Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 3.12 kg
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter17.00
humerus diameter17.50
radius diameter15.40
tibia diameter18.00

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marines
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiouss
Diet: carnivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-30 10:39:01
Modified: 2012-04-29 19:39:01
Source: s = species, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Larivière 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available