Northern River Otter
(Lutra canadensis)
RANGE: Found across most of North America, except for some southwestern U.S. areas.
STATUS: Not a protected species.
Northern River Otter ( Lontra canadensis )
Photographed at National Zoo, DC
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Northern River Otter Behaviour
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Interesting Facts about Northern River Otters ...
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Northern river otters are listed in Appendix II of CITES. Populations were once extirpated through many parts of their range, especially around heavily populated areas in the midwestern and eastern United States.
The Northern river otter (Lontra canadensis) became one of the major animals hunted and trapped for fur in North America after European contact.
See also Northern River Otter for description.
Eurasian river otters can be found in Europe and Asia. They inhabit water habitats of all kinds: small streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. They even live at the sea shore.
HABITAT: Northern river otters inhabit unpolluted freshwater waterways such as rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, and swamps or marshes. An otter's home range may be as small as five miles to as large as 40 miles.
Common otter,
Northern river otter
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More information: Northern River Otter - Animal Diversity Web
More photos: River Otter Photos on the Wildlife Web
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Aonyx cinerea - Asian small-clawed otter
Lontra (formerly, Lutra) canadensis - Northern river otter
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Family Otariidae (Sea lions) ...
In Utah, where the river otter has apparently never been very numerous, the animal has nevertheless become reestablished in river drainages in the eastern half and the west central part of the state, according to the Northern River Otter Management ...
Swan eggs include Common Raven (Corvus corax), Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Wolverine (Gulo gulo), American Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Brown Bear (Ursus arctos), Coyote (Canis latrans), Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) and Northern River Otter (Lontra ...
northern river otter (Lontra canadensis laxatina)
northern white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis)
northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius floridanus)
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus norvegicus) ...
 See also: River Otter, Otter, Weasel, Coyote, Raccoon
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