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New World River Otters
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New World River Otters

Lontra

Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

North American River Otter

speciesLontra canadensis

Central Neotropical River Otter

speciesLontra longicaudis

Northern Neotropical River Otter

speciesLontra annectens

Marine Otter

speciesLontra felina

Southern River Otter

speciesLontra provocax

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41775.