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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 242598

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Mammalia (Class) > Theria (Subclass) > Carnivora (Order) > Caniformia (Suborder) > Mustelidae (Family) > Lutrinae (Subfamily) > Enhydra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Enhydra Fleming, 1822
Source  basis of record: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English sea otter  [details]
All child
taxa
[hide all]		 Subspecies Enhydra lutris kenyoni Wilson, 1991
Subspecies Enhydra lutris lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Enhydra lutris nereis (Merriam, 1904)
Environment marine
Distribution Alaska [details]
Aleutian Islands [details]
California [details]
Commander Islands [details]
Kamchatka [details]
Kurile Islands [details]
North Pacific [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (181 nucleotides; 144 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: shallow, nearshore waters [details]
Images 
Enhydra lutris
Enhydra lutris
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Enhydra lutris
Enhydra lutris
added on 2010-02-27 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242598
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2007-07-16 21:05:52Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
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). Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=242598 on 2013-05-22
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