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Otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Otters are semi-aquatic (or in one case aquatic) fish-eating mammals. The otter subfamily Lutrinae forms part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, as well as ot...
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River otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term "river otter" may refer to the following species in the family Mustelidae : • North American River Otter, a common animal in North American waterways • Southern River Otter, found in Chile ...
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North American River Otter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The North American River Otter ( Lontra canadensis ), also known as the Northern River Otter or the Common Otter , is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to the North American continent, found in an...
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Northern river otter populations are still considered vulnerable or imperiled throughout much of their range in midwestern United States and the Appalachian mountains. They are presumed extirpated in New Mexico and population status in South Carolina and Florida has not yet been reviewed.
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River otter have long streamlined bodies and short, powerful legs with webbed feet. Although the record size for a northern river otter is 33 pounds and 54 inches in length, the average size is 18 pounds and 40 inches long.
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Description: The river otter is large for a mustelid and beautifully adapted for its aquatic habits. Its body is sleek and cylindrical, the head is small, and the tail, nearly one-third the total length, tapers into a long, rudder-type round tail. ... Lutra canadensis; (Northern River Otter)
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The river otter is a long, sleek, dark brown to black aquatic carnivore that lives in most northern Minnesota lakes, ponds, and streams. After an absence of more than a century, its range is again extending into southern Minnesota.
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THE RIVER OTTER (Lutra canadensis ... The river otter, found in the United States and Canadian waterways, is a sub-species of the Otter (Lutrinae), which belongs to the martens (Mustelidae) family. ... The river otter is called Nutria del Canada or Nutria Norteamerica (Spanish), Lontre du Canada (French),
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