Eurasian otter
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The Eurasian otter, also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. It is th
Fischotter, Lutra Lutra
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Two otters in Korkeasaari Zoo, Helsinki, Finland
Otter feeding on fish
Japanese otter
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Dating back to the 1880s, it was once even seen in Tokyo. The population suddenly shrank in the 1930s and nearly vanished. Since then, it has only been spotted in 1964 in the Seto Inland Sea, and in t
Eurasian otter
…male plays no direct role in parental care, although the territory of a female with her pups is usually entirely within that of the male. The extinct Japanese otter is sometimes considered a subspecies. However, recent studies have found that it falls outside the subspecific clades comprising L. lutra, so it has…
Lutra nippon
Skeleton of Japanese river otter. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.