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Enhydra (sea otter)
Taxonomy
Enhydra was named by Fleming (1822) [also said to be 1828]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Enhydrina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Fleming (1822) and Carroll (1988); to Lutrinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); and to Enhydrini by Willemsen (1992), Pickford (2007) and Boessenecker (2018).
It was assigned to Enhydrina by Gray (1825); to Mustelidae by Fleming (1822) and Carroll (1988); to Lutrinae by Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); and to Enhydrini by Willemsen (1992), Pickford (2007) and Boessenecker (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1822 | Enhydra Fleming |
| 1825 | Enhydra Gray p. 340 |
| 1963 | Enhydra Scheffer and Rice p. 2 |
| 1980 | Enhydra Kurten and Anderson p. 160 |
| 1988 | Enhydra Carroll |
| 1992 | Enhydra Willemsen p. 62 |
| 2004 | Enhydra Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2007 | Enhydra Pickford p. 122 figs. Fig. 23 |
| 2018 | Enhydra Boessenecker |
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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.
G. Enhydra Fleming 1822 [sea otter]
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Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 [sea otter]
†Enhydra macrodonta Kilmer 1972
†Enhydra reevei Newton 1890
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available