Lutra canadensis (Schreber, 1777)
American river otter
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Family:  Mustelidae (mustelids)
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Environment:  pelagic; freshwater; marine
Distribution:  Western Atlantic and Pacific Ocean: Lutra canadensis kodiacensis: Kodiak Islands, Alaska; Lutra canadensis periclyzomae: British Columbia; Lutra canadensis mira: Alaska, British Columbia; Lutra canadensis pacifica: Alaska, Canada, northern USA, south to central California, northern Nevada, and northeast Utah; Lutra canadensis canadensis: Eastern Canada, USA, Newfoundland; Lutra canadensis sonora: USA, Mexico, Lutra canadensis lataxina: USA; Lutra canadensis annectens: from Mexico, south through Central America and South America west of the Andes as far as Peru; Lutra canadensis enudris: Northern South America, throughout the Amazon Basin and rivers of eastern Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad Is; Lutra canadensis longicaudis: Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay; Lutra canadensis provocax: Chile, Argentina (Ref. 1522).
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Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: (LC); Date assessed: 01 June 2014 Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:  Reported as Lutra canadensis enudris as far south as Buenos Aires, as Lutra canadensis longicaudis in the northeastern part and as Lutra canadensis provocax in Tierra del Fuego and Río Negro.

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