The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in some parts of its range, but is recovering in others.
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The Eurasianotter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is...
buoyant under water. Several otter species live in cold waters and have high metabolic rates to help keep them warm. Eurasianotters must eat 15% of their body...
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diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, stoats, badgers, otters, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (/ˈmʌstɪlɪdz/)...
indicates the sea otter and its closest extant relatives, which include the African speckle-throated otter, Eurasianotter, African clawless otter and Asian small-clawed...
described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish. The Eurasianotter's spraints are black and slimy, 3–10 cm (1–4 in) long and deposited in...
lynxes) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name...
creates wetlands, which provide habitat for European water vole, Eurasianotter and Eurasian water shrew. By coppicing waterside trees and shrubs it facilitates...
name means "feline otter", and in Spanish, the marine otter is also often referred to as gato marino: "marine cat". The marine otter (while spending much...
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ptarmigan Lutra lutra lutra, the European and North African variant of the Eurasianotter Lynx lynx lynx, the Northern European lynx Meles meles meles, the European...
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Sang-Don; Park, Young-Seuk (2009). "Characterizing habitat preference of Eurasian river otter (Lutra lutra) in streams using a self-organizing map". Limnology...
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though the muzzle is extended and often pointed, rather like that of an otter, mongoose or even possibly a ferret. They range in length from about 43...
mustelids; only the marine-dwelling sea otter, the giant otter of the Amazon basin and the semi-aquatic African clawless otter are larger—while the European badger...
(2013). The Status of the Iraq Smooth-coated Otter Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli Hayman 1956 and EurasianOtter Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 in Iraq. Archived...
legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family". In the UK...
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