Enhydra macrodonta

Enhydra macrodonta, the large-toothed sea otter, is an extinct mustelid known from the middle Pleistocene in California.^[2]

Enhydra macrodonta Temporal range: Mid Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Enhydra
Species:	†E. macrodonta
Binomial name
†Enhydra macrodonta (Kilmer, 1972)[1]

Description

The large-toothed sea otter is a close relative of the living sea otter. As its name implies, it is distinguishable from the modern sea otter by its larger, more robust teeth.^[3]

Fossils of the large-toothed sea otter are dated to between 700 and 500 ka.^[4]