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Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.45

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Mustelidae
genus
Enhydra
species
Enhydra lutris

Name

Synonyms
Latax lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mustela lutris Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Calan in Romanian
Castor de mare in Romanian
Chaxtux̂ in language.
Enhydra lutris in Italian
Havodder in Danish
Havoter in Norwegian Bokmål
Havsutter in Swedish
Itsas igaraba in Basque
Jūras ūdrs in Latvian
Jūrinė ūdra in Lithuanian
Kałan morski in Polish
Ki-dour mor in Breton
Klusā okeāna jūrasūdrs in Latvian
Llundria marina in language.
Llúdria marina in Catalan–Valencian
Lontra di mare in Italian
Lontra marina in Italian
Lontra-marinha in Portuguese
Loutre de mer in French
Loutre de mer in French
Lutră de mare in Romanian
Lutră marină in Romanian
Mar-lutro in Esperanto
Meerotter in German
Meerotter in German
Meerotter in German
Merisaarmas in Estonian
Morska vidra in Croatian
Nutria Marina in Spanish
Nutria Marina in Spanish
Nutria Marina in Spanish
Nutria del Kamtchatka in Spanish
Nutria marina in language.
Sea Otter in English
Sea Otter in English
Sea Otter in English
Sea Otter in English
Sea Otter in English
Sea Otter in English
Sea otter in English
See-otter in Afrikaans
Seeotter in German
Sæotur in Icelandic
Vidră de mare in Romanian
Vidră marină in Romanian
Wydra morska in Polish
Zeeotter in Dutch
deniz samuru in Turkish
merisaukko in Finnish
pʼítkʷɬ in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  3. Larivière, S., and A. P. Jennings / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Mustelidae (Weasels and relatives). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 564-656.
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  5. 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.
  6. Wilson, Don E., Michael A. Bogan, Robert L. Brownell Jr., A. M. Burdin, and M. K. Maminov, 1991: Geographic variation in Sea Otters, Enhydra lutris. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 72, no. 1. 22-36.
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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