{{Automatic taxobox | image = LutraCanadensis fullres.jpg | image_caption = North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) | taxon = Lontra | authority = Gray, 1843 | type_species = Lutra canadensis | type_species_authority = Gray, 1843 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = L. canadensisL. felinaL. longicaudisL. provocax†L. weiri| range_map = Lontra range.png | range_map_caption = Lontra range }}Lontra is a genus of otters from the Americas. Species 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 four living and one known fossil species: Extant species Extinct species References Otters Mammal genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray