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Enhydra lutris (sea otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela lutris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Latax lutris by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Enhydra lutris by Fleming (1822), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Repenning (1976), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Willemsen (1992), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Cherin et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela lutris Linnaeus p. 45
1822Enhydra lutris Fleming
1911Latax lutris Thomas p. 138
1963Enhydra lutris Scheffer and Rice p. 2
1976Enhydra lutris Repenning p. 312
1980Enhydra lutris Kurten and Anderson p. 160
1992Enhydra lutris Willemsen p. 115
1993Enhydra lutris Wilson and Reeder
2016Enhydra lutris Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—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
genusEnhydraFleming 1822
specieslutris()

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.

Enhydra lutris Linnaeus 1758 [sea otter]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:14:42
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:14:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Enhydra lutris (20639 92438)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Enhydra lutris (81921 84880 84901 84903)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Enhydra lutris (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Enhydra lutris (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Enhydra lutris (190889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Enhydra lutris (168594)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Enhydra lutris (70586 161613 175943 175944 175945 175946 175947 236014)