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North American Otter

Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lontra canadensis
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Kissling et al, 2014, Canada Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia LV, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, EOL authors, Mikmaq names, Wildfinder (WWF), and United States Species List
Lontra canadensis
Recognized by Arctic Mammals, CalPhotos, AnAge articles, Fire Effects Information System Animals, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, and Pantheria
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Recognized by eMammal
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1777
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Lutra canadensis
Species recognized by Wildfinder (WWF)
Lutra canadensis
Recognized by Fire Effects Information System (USDA)
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Lontra canadensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, GGBN data coverage, wikipedia BR, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Lontra canadensis
Recognized by PlanetScott, AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Flickr BHL, vimeo, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, TreatmentBank, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Lutra canadensis
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Species recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lutra canadensis
Synonym according to NCBI
Lutra canadensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra canadensis
Synonym according to CITES
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Lutra iowa
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra parvicuspis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Lutra rhoadsii
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Mustela (Lutra) canadensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Mustela lutra canadensis
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

northern river otter
prefer
Recognized by Fire Effects Information System Animals and Animal Diversity Web
Northern River Otter
prefer
Recognized by PlanetScott, CITES, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
North American river otter
prefer
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
North American Otter preferred
Recognized by CITES, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
North American River Otter
prefer
Recognized by CITES, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Northern river otter
prefer
Recognized by AnAge
North American otter
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
American River Otter preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Canadian Otter
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Cuiqnilnguq
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Nearctic Otter
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
River Otter
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

قضاعة الأنهار الشمالية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Azerbaijani

Kanada susamuru preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Ki-dour Kanada preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

канадска видра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

llúdria del Canadà preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

北美水獭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
北美水獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Croatian

Sjeverna riječna vidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

vydra severoamerická preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Danish

nordamerikanske odder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Rivierotter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Canadese Otter preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Esperanto

Kanada lutro preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

kanada saarmas preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

amerikansaukko preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

French

Loutre du Canada preferred
Recognized by CITES, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Loutre de rivière preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
loutre de rivière
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

German

Nordamerikanischer Fischotter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Καναδική Βίδρα preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hebrew

לוטרה צפון אמריקנית preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
לוטרה צפון-אמריקנית preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Hungarian

kanadai vidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Inupiaq

Pamiuqtuuq preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

an dobhrán Ceanadach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Italian

Lontra canadese preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

カナダカワウソ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Korean

북아메리카수달 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
캐나다수달
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Latvian

Ziemeļamerikas upesūdrs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Miꞌkmaq

Kiwnik preferred
Recognized by Mikmaq names

Navajo; Navaho

Tábąąstíín (íiyisígíí) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Amerikaoter preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Persian

سمور رودخانه‌ای آمریکای شمالی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Wydrak kanadyjski preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Wydra kanadyjska preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Portuguese

Lontra-canadense preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Vidră americană preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Russian

Канадская выдра preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Shambala

Sjeverna riječna vidra preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Nutria de Canadá
prefer
Recognized by CITES and Wikidata Common Names
Nutria norteamericana
prefer
Recognized by CITES
Nutria Norteamericana preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Nutria de río norteamericana
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Swedish

flodutter
prefer
Recognized by CITES
kanadensisk utter
prefer
Recognized by CITES
nordamerikansk flodutter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Kuzey Amerika su samuru preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Лонтра канадська preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

nigig preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Vietnamese

Rái cá sông Bắc Mỹ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Western Frisian

Rivierotter preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

قضاعة الانهار الشماليه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

قوزئی آمریکا سۇ سامورو preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

北美水獭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Hans

北美水獭 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

北美水獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

北美水獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

北美水獺 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Lontra Gray 1843
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Lontra Gray 1843
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Lontra Gray 1843
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis brevipilosus
Lontra canadensis canadensis
Lontra canadensis interior
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis laxatina F. Cuvier 1823
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)
Lontra weiri Prassack 2016

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Lontra
Lontra canadensis (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis
Lontra canadensis lataxina
Lontra canadensis mira
Lontra canadensis pacifica
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae
Lontra canadensis sonora
Lontra felina
Lontra longicaudis
Lontra provocax

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Lutrinae Bonaparte 1838
Lontra Gray 1843
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis (Schreber 1777)
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis lataxina (F. G. Cuvier 1823)
Lontra canadensis mira (Goldman 1935)
Lontra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae (Elliot 1905)
Lontra canadensis sonora (Rhoads 1898)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Lontra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Aonyx capensis (Schinz 1821)
Aonyx cinereus (Illiger 1815)
Aonyx congicus Lönnberg 1910
Eira barbara (Linnaeus 1758)
Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus 1758)
Galictis cuja (Molina 1782)
Galictis vittata (Schreber 1776)
Gulo gulo (Linnaeus 1758)
Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein 1835)
Ictonyx libycus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833)
Ictonyx striatus (Perry 1810)
Lontra felina (Molina 1782)
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Lontra provocax (Thomas 1908)
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Lutra sumatrana (Gray 1865)
Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1826)
Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville 1842)
Martes americana (Turton 1806)
Martes flavigula (Boddaert 1785)
Martes foina (Erxleben 1777)
Martes gwatkinsii Horsfield 1851
Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)
Martes melampus (Wagner 1840)
Martes pennanti (Erxleben 1777)
Martes zibellina (Linnaeus 1758)
Meles anakuma Temminck 1844
Meles leucurus (Hodgson 1847)
Meles meles (Linnaeus 1758)
Mellivora capensis (Schreber 1776)
Melogale everetti (Thomas 1895)
Melogale moschata (Gray 1831)
Melogale orientalis (Horsfield 1821)
Melogale personata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831
Mustela africana Desmarest 1818
Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Mustela eversmanii Lesson 1827
Mustela felipei Izor & de la Torre 1978
Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus 1761)
Mustela lutreolina Robinson & Thomas 1917
Mustela nigripes (Audubon & Bachman 1851)
Mustela nudipes Desmarest 1822
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Mustela strigidorsa Gray 1853
Mustela subpalmata Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1833
Neovison macrodon (Prentis 1903)
Neovison vison (Schreber 1777)
Poecilogale albinucha (Gray 1864)
Pteronura brasiliensis (Gmelin 1788)
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1777)
Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt 1770)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Lontra
Lontra canadensis (this page)
Lontra felina
Lontra longicaudis
Lontra provocax

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Musteloidea
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Lontra
Lontra canadensis (this page)
Lontra canadensis canadensis
Lontra canadensis kodiacensis
Lontra canadensis lataxina
Lontra canadensis mira
Lontra canadensis pacifica
Lontra canadensis periclyzomae
Lontra canadensis sonora
Lontra felina
Lontra longicaudis
Lontra provocax

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Arctoidea
Musteloidea
Mustelidae
Lutrinae
Lutra
Lutra canadensis (this page)
Lutra canadensis provocax
Lutra angustifrons
Lutra annectens
Lutra californica
Lutra chilensis
Lutra chinensis
Lutra cinerea
Lutra emerita
Lutra enudris
Lutra euxena
Lutra felina
Lutra gambianus
Lutra incarum
Lutra indica
Lutra indigitatus
Lutra leptonyx
Lutra longicaudis
Lutra lovii
Lutra lutra
Lutra maculicollis
Lutra minima
Lutra mitis
Lutra monticolus
Lutra nippon
Lutra parilina
Lutra perspicillata
Lutra piscinaria
Lutra platensis
Lutra poensis
Lutra roensis
Lutra simung
Lutra sumatrana
Lutra tarayensis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Lutra
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1777) (this page)
Lutra canadensis provocax (Thomas 1908)
Lutra felina (Molina 1782)
Lutra lutra (Linnaeus 1758)
Lutra sumatrana (Gray 1865)
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