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Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)

159017  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159017)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
NWARMS (2026). Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/nwarms.php/nwarms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159017 on 2026-06-12
NARMS (2026). Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159017 on 2026-06-12
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2010-05-20 10:09:49Z
checked
Berta, Annalisa
2026-01-11 23:34:48Z
changed
Vanhoorne, Bart

basis of record Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (1993). Mammal species of the world. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> , available online at http://vertebrates.si.edu/mammals/msw/ [details] 

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details] 

additional source Animal Diversity Web. <em>University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.</em> , available online at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html [details] 

ecology source 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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Morphology Distinguishing characteristics: long streamlined animals with a thick tapered tail and short legs, wide, rounded head, small ears, and nostrils that can be closed underwater. long thick whiskers. they are dark brown to black above a ligther color ventrally. throat and cheeks are usually a golden. The feet have claws and are completely webbed.  [details]
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LanguageName 
English river otter  [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lontra canadensis) 
To GenBank (75875 nucleotides; 48419 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Lontra canadensis) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 589582 Lontra canadensis) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed