On land, river otters can bound and run quite well, if not quite as effectively as they swim. They love to playfully slide down snow-covered, icy, or muddy hills—often ending with a splash in the water. Otter families of mother and children can be seen enjoying such fun, which also ...
OTTERSBULLFROGEMYDIDAEDIGITAL photographyEELSWe identified species and approximate size of prey items in 109 digital photographs of North American River Otters (Lontra canadensis) hunting in a 2-km stretch of South Fork Eel River, California, from January 2017 through December 2021. Over the 5-y ...
North American river otters grow to sizes of 2 - 2.5 feet, not including the tail. Their tails can grow to sizes of another 1 - 1.5 feet in length. Description Their fur is dark brown, except for the chin and chest area where it is a lighter brown or cream color. The fur is thick...
This is the only truly marine otter along the west and southwest coasts of South America, although there are southern river otters (Lontra provocax) along some parts of the coast and marine otters do enter rivers on occasion. However, marine otters tend to occur in exposed outer coast habi...
In certain areas, river otters rely on birds for their consumption and these birds include green-winged, teal, mallard, ruddy ducks, American coot, American wigeon, waterfowls, rails, and northern pintail. However, otters never eat bird eggs. ...
The father is separated from Zinnia and the pups, which is also the case in the wild, Magill said. Males do no participate in rearing the babies. North American river otters are are found in a variety of fresh water habitats throughout much of the U.S. and Canada. They can grow up ...
Published anatomic studies of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) include only comparative reviews of single anatomic systems, but this paper includes multiple clinically relevant anatomic features. Both captive and free-ranging North American river otters were studied by gross dissection of ...
For North American river otters (Lontra canadensis) in Louisiana, statewide distribution, availability of aquatic habitats, and the absence of physical barriers to dispersal might suggest that they exist as a large, panmictic population. However, the wide variety of habitat types in this region, an...
North American river otters ( Lontra canadensis) frequently visit latrines where they deposit urine, feces, and anal secretions as olfactory signals. River otter scat was collected from latrines to identify prey at the Emiquon Preserve and the Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge located along the Illin...
There is a dearth of information regarding the vocal repertoire of North American river otters (Lontra canadensis). This indicator species is cosmopolitan yet elusive, making recordings methodologically difficult in the wild. Therefore, ... S Walkley,Maria Zapetis,Heidi Lyn - 《Journal of the Aco...