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Enhydra lutris

Enhydra lutris

sea otter(+1)·(Linnaeus, 1758)

GBIF:155304214

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine Terrestrial

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(8)

Aleutian Islands
Alaska
North Pacific Ocean
Kamchatka Krai(RU)
Kuriles(RU)
Commander Islands(RU)
Kuriles(RU)
California(US)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

engsea otterengjpnラッコjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

engsea otter
eng
Source: Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.
jpnラッコ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (192 nucleotides; 155 proteins)

NCBI:txid34882

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(2)

  • 1

    Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1).

  • 2

    Wilson D.E. & Reeder D.A.M. (1993). Mammals species of the world. A taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.

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  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155304214
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2433670
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242598
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026