Eurasian otter.2🦦

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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦦Eurasian otter

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

歐亞水獺(學名:Lutra lutra),或簡稱水獺,是分布于亞洲及歐洲的一種水獺,属食肉目鼬科水獭属。棲息在咸水環境。牠們與北美水獺不同的是頸部較短、臉面較闊、耳朵相距較遠及尾巴較長。歐亞水獺的平均壽命約為五年。

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/8th of your weight
Also called
common otter, European otter, European river otter, Old World otter
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
7.81 kg
Body length
0.75 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Eurasian otter

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
7.81 kgrecord 10,000 kg · SeaLifeBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 6.75 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.75 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female11 mSeaLifeBasev25.04

Figures vary

  • 9.8 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass
45 g
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Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Figures vary

  • 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7.59 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
1.9 years
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Gestation
63 days
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Figures vary

  • 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
21 km²
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Population density
0.85 per km²
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Volume l
7.8 Laverage
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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 Eurasian otter yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyMustelidae
  6. ›genusLutra
  7. ›speciesLutra lutra
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. subfamilyLutrinae
  4. genusLutra
All 15 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyMustelidae
  14. subfamilyLutrinae
  15. genusLutra
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More about the Eurasian otter

Closest relative on this site
🦡 Giant otter — last shared an ancestor ≈ 8.5 million years ago.
What it eats
insects and other invertebrates30%
reptiles, fish and amphibians30%
fish30%
warm-blooded animals10%
In other languages
oter (nb), Eurasischer Fischotter (de), Europese otter (nl), Lutra lutra (es), vydra říční (cs), saukko (fi) … and 28 more languages

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