🦡Giant otter
Brasiliansk kæmpeodder (Pteronura brasiliensis) er et mårdyr, der lever i sydamerikanske regnskove. Den lever i floder som Amazon, Orinoco, Rio São Francisco og Paraná-floden.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 24 kg
- Body length
- 1.27 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Giant otter
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass24 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female24 kgWikidataQ83774
- Male29 kgWikidataQ83774
Figures vary
- 24 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.27 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass92 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation69 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 68 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range86 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l24 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Giant otter yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusPteronura
- ›speciesPteronura brasiliensis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- subfamilyLutrinae
- genusPteronura
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyLutrinae
- genusPteronura
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