Lontra
| Lontra | |
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| North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae |
| Genus: | Lontra Gray, 1843 |
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Lutra canadensis
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Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.[1]
Species
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus. The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
Extant species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lontra canadensis | North American river otter | North America |
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Lontra provocax | Southern river otter | Chile and Argentina |
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Lontra longicaudis | Neotropical otter | Central America, South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad |
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Lontra felina | Marine otter | South America |
Extinct species
| Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| †Lontra weiri | Weir's otter | Pliocene North America[2] |
References
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