Lontra

These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus. The genus comprises five living and one known fossil species:

Genus Lontra – Gray, 1843 – five species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
North American river otter	Lontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) Seven subspecies L. c. canadensis (Schreber, 1777) L. c. kodiacensis (Goldman, 1935) L. c. lataxina (Cuvier, 1823) L. c. mira (Goldman, 1935) L. c. pacifica (J. A. Allen, 1898) L. c. periclyzomae (Elliot, 1905) L. c. sonora (Rhoads, 1898)	North America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Southern river otter	Lontra provocax (Thomas, 1908)	Chile and Argentina	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN
Neotropical otter	Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) Four subspecies L. l. enudris L. l. incarum L. l. longicaudis L. l. raferrous	South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Northern neotropical otter[2][3]	Lontra annectens (Forsyth Major, 1897) Two subspecies L. a. annectens L. a. colombiana	Central America, South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NE
Marine otter	Lontra felina (Molina, 1782)	South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN