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Lontra canadensis (North American river otter)
Taxonomy
Mustela lutra canadensis was named by Schreber (1776). It is extant.
It was recombined as Mustela (Lutra) canadensis by Kerr (1792); it was recombined as Lutra canadensis by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Lontra canadensis by Gray (1843), van Zyll de Jong (1987), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Lariviere (1998), Marmi et al. (2004) and Cherin et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Mustela (Lutra) canadensis by Kerr (1792); it was recombined as Lutra canadensis by Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Willemsen (1992); it was recombined as Lontra canadensis by Gray (1843), van Zyll de Jong (1987), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Lariviere (1998), Marmi et al. (2004) and Cherin et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1776 | Mustela lutra canadensis Schreber |
| 1792 | Mustela (Lutra) canadensis Kerr |
| 1843 | Lontra canadensis Gray |
| 1896 | Lutra rhoadsii Cope |
| 1902 | Lutra canadensis Hay p. 769 |
| 1902 | Lutra rhoadsii Hay p. 769 |
| 1933 | Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin p. 349 |
| 1941 | Lutra iowa Goldman |
| 1980 | Lutra canadensis Kurten and Anderson p. 158 |
| 1987 | Lontra canadensis van Zyll de Jong |
| 1992 | Lutra canadensis Willemsen p. 114 |
| 1992 | Lutra iowa Willemsen p. 114 |
| 1993 | Lontra canadensis Wilson and Reeder |
| 1998 | Lontra canadensis Lariviere p. 1 |
| 2004 | Lontra canadensis Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2 |
| 2016 | Lontra canadensis Cherin et al. p. 100 figs. Fig. 9 |
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Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 [North American river otter]
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Invalid names: Lutra iowa Goldman 1941 [synonym], Lutra parvicuspis Gidley and Gazin 1933 [synonym], Lutra rhoadsii Cope 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (34 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | USA (California) | Lutra canadensis (20122) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lontra canadensis (98313) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Lutra canadensis (74246 93253) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Jalisco) | Lutra canadensis (20285) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lutra canadensis (227368) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Virginia) | Lontra canadensis (104698) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Lutra rhoadsii (20479) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Lutra canadensis (20299 20385 20400) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Iowa) | Lutra canadensis (20556) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Lutra canadensis (20477) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Lutra canadensis (20293 20390) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (New Mexico) | Lutra canadensis (20514) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Lutra parvicuspis (20302) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Texas) | Lontra canadensis (225289) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lutra canadensis (34269 74292 154773) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Lutra canadensis (20569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Lutra canadensis (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Lontra canadensis, Lutra canadensis (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Lutra canadensis (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Lontra canadensis (104758) Lutra canadensis (124089) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Lutra canadensis (154771) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Ontario) | Lontra canadensis (221863) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Lutra canadensis (176524) | |
| Holocene | USA (Georgia) | Lontra canadensis (152113) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Lutra canadensis (104675) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Lontra canadensis (221970) Lutra canadensis (224189) |