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North American river otters usually give birth to one litter of pups a year, consisting of about three to four pups per litter. Though they often give birth as long as a year after mating, they ...
The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that lives only on the North American continent throughout most of Canada, along the coasts of the United States and its inland waterways. An adult North American river otter can weigh between 5.0 and 14 kg (11.0 ...
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery (abbreviated as Boonshoft) is a children's museum, science and technology center and zoo in Dayton, Ohio, United States that focuses on science and natural history. Exhibits include an extensive natural history collection as well as maintaining a collection of live animals native to Ohio and abroad.
The white-tailed deer is the state mammal of Ohio. This list of mammals of Ohio includes a total of 70 mammal species recorded in the state of Ohio. [1] Of these, three (the American black bear, Indiana bat, and Allegheny woodrat) are listed as endangered in the state; four (the brown rat, black rat, house mouse, and wild boar) are introduced; three (the gray bat, Mexican free-tailed bat and ...
The ears of river otters are smaller than those of mink and have have valves which prevent water from entering the auditory canals when the otter is submerged. Otters are the only North American ...
The new otter exhibit opened to the public at noon on Tuesday. Zoo hours: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with last admission at 4:15 p.m. through Nov. 30. The zoo's hours vary in October.
The female otters, believed to be sisters, arrived at the Aquarium in early 2014. They were captured in live traps near a crayfish farm in Louisiana when they were not yet 2-years-old. Great Lakes Aquarium acquired Agate and Ore through a special program to relocate otters that might otherwise have been exterminated as "nuisance animals".
Ginger, a North American river otter, joined the Milton wildlife center on Monday, March 4. According to the museum, the newcomer was born in February 2022 at Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo in ...