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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 giant otter has a handful of other names. In Brazil it is known as ariranha, from the Tupi word arerãîa, or onça-d'água, meaning water jaguar. [6] In Spanish, river wolf (Spanish: lobo de río) and water dog (Spanish: perro de agua) are used occasionally (though the latter also refers to several different animals) and may have been more common in the reports of explorers in the 19th ...
These species were previously included in the genus Lutra, together with the Eurasian otter, but they have now been moved to a separate genus. The genus comprises four living and one known fossil species:
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 ...
Nova, a North American river otter, enjoys the spoils of the hunt — fresh-caught fish from her pond — during 2016’s Animal Birthday Party. The annual celebration of all the environmental ...
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 ...
A 2011 review by the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group showed that otter attacks reported between 1875 and 2010 occurred most often in Florida, where human and otter populations have substantially increased since 2000, with the majority involving the North American otter. At least 42 instances of attack were found, including one resulting in ...
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