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Lutra lutra (European Otter)

Synonyms: Lutra piscatoria; Lutra vulgaris; Viverra lutra

Wikipedia Abstract

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of the weasel family (Mustelidae), it is found in the waterways and coasts of Europe, many parts of Asia, and parts of northern Africa. The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial. It is endangered in parts of its range, but recovering in others.
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Infraspecies

Lutra lutra angustifrons
Lutra lutra aurobrunnea (European otter)
Lutra lutra barang (European otter)
Lutra lutra chinensis (European otter)
Lutra lutra hainana
Lutra lutra kutab (European otter)
Lutra lutra lutra (European otter)
Lutra lutra meridionalis (European otter)
Lutra lutra monticola (European otter)
Lutra lutra nair (European otter)
Lutra lutra seistanica (European otter)
Lutra lutra whiteleyi (Attributes)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.92
EDGE Score: 2.63
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Gestation [2]  61 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  18 years
Snout to Vent Length [4]  30 inches (75 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams, Coastal
Weaning [2]  55 days
Adult Weight [2]  14.881 lbs (6.75 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  111 grams
Male Weight [4]  17.251 lbs (7.825 kg)
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  30 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  10 %
Diet - Fish [3]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  1 year 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  1 year 6 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Predators

Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6A COMPARISON OF THE BREEDING AND FEEDING ECOLOGY OF PIGEON GUILLEMOTS AT NAKED AND JACKPOT ISLANDS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, D. Lindsey Hayes, APEX: 95163 F. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK. (1996)
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 8Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
♦ 9International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0