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Taxon: Species Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) - sea otter (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 45.
Original rank
Subsequent generic combination
Original spelling

Types

Type, by monotypy, ofEnhydra (Genus) Fleming, 1822
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Enhydra lutris lutris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Different spellingEnhydra lurtis

Combinations

BasionymMustela lutris Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Questionably Synonymous nameEnhydra lutris kamtschatica Dybowski, 1922 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous nameLutra gracilis Bechstein, 1800 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous nameLutra marina Erxleben, 1777 Ref: Species 2000, 2003
Synonymous nameLutra stelleri Lesson, 1827 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namezeeotter Ref: 1992
Kamtsjatka-bever

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namesea otter Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 602.
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