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North American river otter
Lontra canadensis
Carnivores · Least concern
vs
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Eurasian otter
Lutra lutra
Carnivores · Near threatened
2 clips name both of them
83,227 views between them.
Level on mass: North American river otter 8.1 kg, Eurasian otter 7.8 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
8.09 kg
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
7.81 kg
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Body length
0.72 m
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
0.75 m
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Maximum lifespan
27 yr
🦡 North American river otter · COMBINE
22 yr
🦦 Eurasian otter · COMBINE
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Lutrinae (subfamily), home to 24 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.