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English: Sleeping sea otters (Enhydra lutris) holding hands, photographed at the Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Date 3 April 2012; original photograph taken on 6 December 2006, 22:48.
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Sea Otters are one of the cutest animals on the planet. Here are some of facts that will make you fall in love with them all over again. SEE ALSO: These tiny bats look just like cotton balls 1.
Otter 841, California's most ornery sea mammal, has returned to waters off Santa Cruz. Authorities warn surfers and swimmers to steer clear of the creature.
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]
Adaa was a male sea otter at the Seattle Aquarium, known for being the oldest male sea otter on record at 22 years and eight months. [1] Male sea otters in the wild typically live between 10 and 15 years, while females average 15–20 years.
Mustelidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks, and wolverines, and many other extant and extinct genera. A member of this family is called a mustelid; Mustelidae is the largest family in Carnivora, and its extant species are divided into eight subfamilies .