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Lontra felina (marine otter)
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 Lariviere (1998), Marmi et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Lutra felina by Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Lontra felina by Lariviere (1998), Marmi et al. (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1782 | Mustela felina Molina p. 284 |
| 1792 | Lutra chilensis Kerr p. 172 |
| 1837 | Lutra californica Gray p. 580 |
| 1841 | Lutra peruensis Gervais p. 15 |
| 1841 | Lutra brachydactyla Wagner p. 261 |
| 1908 | Lutra cinerea Thomas p. 393 |
| 1992 | Lutra felina Willemsen p. 114 |
| 1998 | Lontra felina Lariviere p. 1 |
| 2004 | Lontra felina Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2 |
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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
| estimate | equation | reference |
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| 2.43 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 3.02 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| 4.13 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
| mean: 3.12 kg | ||
Measurements
| part | N | mean | |||||
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| femur diameter | 1 | 7.00 | |||||
| humerus diameter | 1 | 7.50 | |||||
| radius diameter | 1 | 5.40 | |||||
| tibia diameter | 1 | 8.00 |
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| Source: s = species, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lariviere 1998 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available