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Subfamily Lutkin^. (Otters.) 



Genus LUTRA Brisson. 



1762. Lutra Brisson, Regn. Aiiim., ed. 2, p. 201. Type, Lutra 

 Brisson = Mustela lutra Linn^us. 



*Lutra annectens Major. 



1885. Lutra felina and Lutra brasiliensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol.'? (1884), p. 609. 1885. 



1897. Lutra annectens Major, Zool. Anzeiger, vol. 20, p. 142, 

 April 26, 1897. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 19, 

 p. 618. June, 1897. 



Type Locality. — Rio de Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. 



*Lutra canadensis canadensis (Schreber). 



1776. Mustela lutra canadensis Schreber, Saugthiere, pi. 1266. 

 1823. Lutra canadensis Sabine, Franklin's Narrative, Journ. to 



Polar Sea, p. 653. 

 1885. Lutra canadensis True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 (1884), 



p. 609. 1885. 

 Type Locality. — Eastern Canada. 



Lutra canadensis brevipilosus Grinnell. 



1914. Lutra canadensis brevipilosus Grinnell, Univ. Calif. 



Publ. Zool., vol. 12, p. 306. October 31, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Grizzly Island, Solano County, California. 



*Lutra canadensis interior Swenk. 



1920. Lutra canadensis interior Swenk, Univ. Studies, Univ. of 



Nebraska, vol. 18, 1918, No. 1, p. 2. May 15, 1920. 

 Type Locality. — Lincoln Creek, west of Seward, Seward 

 County, Nebraska. 



*Lutra canadensis lataxina (F. Cuvier). 



1823. Lutra lataxina F. Cuvier, Diet. desSci.Nat.,vol. 27, p. 242. 



1898. Lutra hudsonica lataxina Rhoads, Trans. Amer. Philos. 

 Soc, n. s., vol. 19, p. 427. September, 1898. 



1898. Lutra canadensis lataxina Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat 



Hist., vol. 10, p. 460. November 10, 1898. 

 Type Locality. — South Carolina. 



*Lutra canadensis vaga (Bangs). 



1898. Lutra hudsonica vaga Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 28, p. 224. March, 1898. 

 1898. Lutra canadensis vaga Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 



vol. 10, p. 460. November 10, 1898. 

 Type Locality. — Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 



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