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Enhydra
Sign in to saveEnhydra is a genus of mustelid that contains the sea otter and two extinct relatives. It is the only extant genus of the bunodont otters group, referring to otters with non-blade carnassials with rounded cusps.
Species
Sea Otter
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyMustelidae
Enhydra es un género de mamíferos mustélidos con una especie viviente, Enhydra lutris y dos extintas, Enhydra macrodonta y Enhydra reevei.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Collections
- USNM, BAYLU, IBUNAM, UCMP, UFPE, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Brasil, Argentina, Togo, SéNéGal
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Enhydra is a genus of mustelid that contains the sea otter and two extinct relatives. It is the only extant genus of the bunodont otters group, referring to otters with non-blade carnassials with rounded cusps.
Sea otters probably diverged from other otters during the Pliocene, approximately 5 mya. They probably arose from the closely related Enhydritherium, a bunodont otter endemic to North America during the late Miocene and early Pliocene epochs.
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