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The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean.Adult sea otters typically weigh between 14 and 45 kg (30 and 100 lb), making them the heaviest members of the weasel family, but among [3] the smallest marine mammals.
Once on the verge of extinction, the recovery of the sea otter is considered one of the greatest successes in marine conservation.. The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal living near the shores of the North Pacific, from northern Japan, the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka east across the Aleutian Islands and along the North American coast to Mexico.
Tool use behavior is more associated with geographic location than sub-species. Most behavioral research has been conducted on Enhydra lutris nereis, the Californian otter, and some has been conducted on Enhydra lutris kenyoni, the Alaska sea otter. Sea otters frequently use rocks as anvils to crack open prey, and they are also observed to rip ...
The southern sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis is an accidental host (or paratenic host) of Profilicollis altmani and P. major. Between 1998 and 2001, between 13% and 16.2% of sea otter carcasses found along the coasts of central California were determined to be caused by acanthocephalan peritonitis, or inflammation of the intestines caused by ...
Enhydra is a genus of mustelid that contains the sea otter and two extinct relatives. It is the only extant genus of the bunodont otters group, referring to otters with non-blade carnassials with rounded cusps. [1] Sea otters probably diverged from other otters during the Pliocene, approximately 5 mya. [2]
Enhydra lutris nereis: West Coast, U.S. (CA, OR, WA) south to Mexico (Baja California) T Giant panda: Ailuropoda melanoleuca: China E Temnick's ground pangolin: Manis temminckii: Africa E Florida panther: Puma concolor coryi: U.S. (LA and AR east to SC and Florida) E Little planigale: Planigale ingrami subtilissima: Australia E Southern planigale
Nereis is a genus of polychaete worms in the family Nereididae. It comprises many species, most of which are marine . Nereis possess setae and parapodia for locomotion and gas exchange. [ 1 ]
Sea otter, Enhydra lutris EN (ssp. kenyoni - northern sea otter NE, ssp. lutris - common sea otter NE, ssp. nereis - southern sea otter NE) Marine otter, Lontra felina EN; Sea mink, Neovison macrodon EX