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Monotypic taxon: Genus Enhydra Fleming, 1822 - sea otter (mammal)

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Authorship

Original name	:			Fleming, 1822:187.
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Types

Type of	:	*Enhydrini* (Tribe) Gray, 1825
Type, by monotypy	:	*Enhydra lutris* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Variants

Subsequent spelling	:	*Enhydris* (Genus) Temminck, 1839		Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling	:	*Enhydria* (Genus) Zittel, 1893		Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].
Different spelling	:	*Euhydris* (Genus) Jordan, 1888		Ref: S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]: [19 Dec 2008].

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name

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sea otter

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