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Enhydra Fleming 1822

Description

Enhydra Fleming 1822

Enhydra Fleming 1822, Philos. Zool., Vol. 2: 187.

Type Species: Mustela lutris Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Enhydria Zittel 1893; Enhydris Temminck 1838; Enhydrus Dahl 1823; Enhydrus MacLeay 1925; Enydris J. B. Fischer 1829; Enydris Lichtenstein 1827; Euhydris Jordan 1888; Latax Gloger 1827; Sutra Elliot 1874.

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. lutris Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. kenyoni Wilson 1991

Subspecies Enhydra lutris subsp. nereis Merriam 1904

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 602, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Fleming
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Enhydra
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Enhydra Fleming, 1822 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classis, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tenth ed. Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 824 pp.
  • Zittel, K. A. 1893. Handbuch der Palaeontologie. 1 Abt. Palaeozoologie. IV. Mammalia. Munich and Leipzig: R. Oldenbourg, 799 pp.