Lontra

Lontra

Taxobox
name = "Lontra"


image_width = 200px
image_caption = North American River Otters
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Mustelidae
subfamilia = Lutrinae
genus = "Lontra"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Lontra" is a genus of otters 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 the European Otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus.


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