- Lontra
Taxobox
name = "Lontra"
image_width = 200px
image_caption = North American River Otters
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Carnivora
familia =Mustelidae
subfamilia =Lutrinae
genus = "Lontra"
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = See text."Lontra" is a genus of
otter s from the American continent.The genus comprises four species:
*Northern River Otter ("Lontra canadensis")
*Southern River Otter ("Lontra provocax")
*Neotropical River Otter ("Lontra longicaudis")
*Marine Otter ("Lontra felina") These species were previously included in the genus "Lutra ", together with theEuropean Otter , but they have now been moved to a separate genus.
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