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North American River Otter (Lutra canadensis)
These playful mammals are able to close their ears and nostrils when swimming under water. They can remain under water for six to eight minutes! ...
North American River OtterLontra canadensis
Location and Habitat ...
North American River Otter Range
Fast Facts
Type: Mammal Diet: Carnivore Average life span in the wild: 8 to 9 years Size: Head and body, 21.75 to 31.5 in (55 to 80 cm); tail, 11.75 to 19.
North American River Otter
(Lontra canadensis)
Members of the weasel family, playful river otters enjoy sliding down muddy and snowy hills, bouncing objects on their paws, playing tag, and wrestling.
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North American River Otter ...
North American River Otter
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
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North American river otters are found anywhere there is a permanent food supply and easy access to water. They can live in freshwater and coastal marine habitats, including rivers, lakes, marshes, swamps, and estuaries.
North American river otters have a gestation of 60 to 63 days. Pups are born in the spring in litters of 2 to 4. After 8 months, they leave the mother. In captivity their lifespan is about 18 years with the record being 21 years.
diet ...
North American River Otters, San Francisco Zoo
Photograph by Dmitry Azovtsev. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
MAMMAL FACTS ...
North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis)
Southern river otter (Lontra provocax)
Neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis)
Genus Pteronura ...
The North American River Otter is the only river otter found north of Mexico. Its luscious pelt, a staple of the French fur trade in the 1700-1800s, has drawn hunters for hundreds of years.
North American river otter
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A large female brown bear can weigh 770 pounds and a large male can weigh 1,300 pounds before winter.
Thank salmon for the giant bears of Kamchatka.
Reed-Smith, Janice. North American River Otter Husbandray Notebook, 2nd Edition. John Ball Zoological Garden. 2001 ...
The North American river otter, L. canadensis, ranges from N Alaska and Canada to the S United States. Its slender body is 21/2 to 3 ft (76-91 cm) long, excluding the 12-in. (30-cm), heavy tail; it weighs from 10 to 25 lb (4-10 kg).
Giant otters are more vocal than the North American river otters. They have very distinctive sounds and complex communication. Giant otters are diurnal, or active during the day.
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CARNIVORA: Mustelidae (Weasels, Minks, Martens, and Otters)
Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
North American River Otter
Lontra canadensis ...
 See also: Otter, River Otter, Weasel, Lion, Coyote
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