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Otters
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Otters

Lutrinae

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, honey badgers, martens, minks, polecats, and wolverines.

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5 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 14 known species

New World River Otters

genusLontra

sea otters

genusEnhydra

Old World and Clawless Otters

genusLutra

Giant Otters

genusPteronura

Spotted-necked Otters

genusHydrictis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 526556.