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Lontra Gray, 1843 
AphiaID: 159016

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Mustelidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Mustelidae Fischer, 1817
Source  basis of record: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

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 Species Lontra canadensis Schreber, 1777

Species Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) accepted as Lutra felina (Molina, 1782)
Species Lontra provocax Thomas, 1908 accepted as Lutra canadensis provocax (Thomas, 1908)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159016
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2006-09-22 06:50:38Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-05-20 10:05:06Z  changed  Churchill, Morgan
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z  checked  Berta, Annalisa
  
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  Citation: Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2013). Lontra Gray, 1843. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159016 on 2013-05-26
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