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Enhydra lutris

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Description

Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Asia et America septentrionali," restricted by Thomas (1911a), to " Kamtchatka ", then by Roest (1973), to "the east central coast of Kamchatka, opposite the Commander Islands." [Russia].

DISTRIBUTION: Russia (Sakhalin Isl, Kurile Isis, Commander Isis, Kamchatka), Canada, USA (Aleutian Isis, and S Alaska to California). Formerly in Mexico (Baja California) and Japan (coastal Hokkaido).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I as E. I. nereis; otherwise Appedix II. U.S. ESA - Threatened as E. I. nereis.

SYNONYMS: aterrima Pallas, 1811; gracilis Bechstein, 1800; kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922; kenyoni Wilson, 1990; marina Steller, 1751; nereis Merriam, 1904; orientalis Oken, 1816; stelleri Lesson, 1827.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Roest (1973), Davis and Lidicker (1975), Wilson et al. (1991), and Estes (1980, Mammalian Species, 133).

Notes

Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 310, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7359191 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD1F4E51C329747CFFD6FC3FFFE0142F (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Enhydra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Carnivora
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
lutris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) sec. Wozencraft, 1993

References

  • Thomas, O. 1911 a. The mammals of the tenth edition of Linnaeus; an attempt to fix the types of the genera and the exact bases and localities of the species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1911: 120 - 158.
  • Roest, A. I. 1973. Subspecies of the sea otter, Enhydra lutris. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 140 (252): 1 - 17.
  • Pallas, P. S. 1811 [1831]. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium Animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicillia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. [ICZN Opinion 212 -- dates of volumes: 1 & 2: 1811; 3: 1814]. Petropoli, in officina Caes. acadamiae scientiarum. 3 vol. [official date of publ for vol 1 - 1811 impress], 1: 1 - 568.
  • Davis, J., and W. Z. Lidicker. 1975. The taxonomic status of the southern sea otter. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 40 (14): 429 - 437.
  • Wilson, D. E., M. A. Bogan, R. L. Brownell, Jr., A. M. Burdin, M. K. Mamin. 1991. Geographic variation in sea otters, Enhydra lutris. Journal of Mammalogy, 72 (1): 22 - 36.
  • Estes, J. A. 1980. Enhydra lutris. Mammalian Species, 133: 1 - 8.