Lontra

Lontra
North American River Otters
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Subfamily: Lutrinae Genus: Lontra
Species
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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, because they are more closely related to the genera Lutrogale and Pteronura than to the other species in Lutra.

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