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River Otter
river Otter (Lutra canadensis) river otters are brown and black. In the wild, riverotters eat fish, freshwater mussels, frogs, turtles and water birds.
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Extractions: (Lutra canadensis) River otters are brown and black. The adults are three to four feet long, including their 12 to 18 inch tail. The tail is flat and well muscled. They generally weigh 15 to 25 pounds. The males are usually larger than the females. The river otter's body is elongated. It has small ears. Its ears and nose close when it goes under the water. Its eyes are located near the top of its head, so it can see above the surface while it is swimming nearly submerged. The river otter's legs are short, with five webbed toes on each foot. It has tightly packed underfur, and its long guard hairs are water-repellent. It has teeth like a carnivore. The otter's sense of smell is very good, but its senses of sight and hearing are not as well developed. The North American river otter can be found in Canada and the United States. Otters are well adapted for aquatic life and are usually found in or near water. They can be found in marine and fresh water environments. They are found in rivers, lakes, marshs, and other inland waterways. They prefer the tributaries of major, unpolluted bodies of water where there is very little human disturbance. Log jams and submerged trees provide a resting place for them. Otters live in dens underground. Otters rarely dig dens themselves. Instead, they make their homes in abandoned beaver lodges and homes built by other animals, such as woodchucks. Brush piles, root areas under large trees and similar sites are used as temporary homes.
Photos Of Otters - Acclaim Stock Photography
river otters with Long Whiskers. RoyaltyFree Stock Photography from AcclaimStock Photography. acclaim stock photography. Photos of otters Animals.
http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_pages/0001-0210-1608-4713.html
Grandfather Mountain: River Otters
Nottoway, Male, 2002. The life cycle of river otters. By the early 1900s, riverotters had disappeared from much of their historic range due to over trapping.
http://www.grandfather.com/habitats/otters.htm

Extractions: Otter's Name Sex Year Arrived at GM Oconee Female Nola Female Santee Male Nottoway Male The life cycle of river otters Early European settlers trapped otters for their fur. By the early 1900s, river otters had disappeared from much of their historic range due to over trapping. In the 20th century, loss of habitat from wetland drainage and water pollution have added to the pressures on a species that was once the most widely distributed mammal in the United States and Canada. Along with weasels and minks, the river otter belongs to the Mustelidae family. Otters are characterized by an elongated body with short, sturdy legs. They weight 11 to 23 pounds and are much larger than other mustelids. Males are usually about seventeen percent larger than females. Otters have a sleek body with a short, blunt snout, a thick neck, and a thick tail that is flattened on the top and tapers to a point. The waterproof fur is short and dense. It is generally dark brown with light brown coloring under the neck, chest, and stomach. Otter feet have five toes with non-retractable claws and webbing between each toe. The heel pads on the hind feet are adapted to provide better traction on slippery surfaces.
River Otter Species Account
river otters were common and found throughout Illinois during early European settlement. riverotters were listed as a state threatened species in 1977.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/dnr/fur/species/otter.html

Extractions: Scientific name Lutra canadensis Description At 35-53 inches from tip to tip, the river otter is Illinois' largest member of the weasel family. A stout tail makes up about 30-40% of its total body length. An otters uses its tail like a rudder while swimming. Adults weigh 10-25 pounds; males are about one third larger than females. Otters have a broad, slightly flattened head, large nosepad, stiff, bristly whiskers, small black eyes, and small rounded ears. Their bodies are muscular and torpedo-shaped, allowing them to move easily through water. The legs are short and have five fully-webbed toes on each foot. The fur is dark brown or reddish brown on the back and light brown, tan, or silver on the throat and belly. Abundance River otters were common and found throughout Illinois during early European settlement. Unregulated harvest and habitat loss caused their numbers to decline during the mid-1800s, and sightings were rare by the early 1900s. The trapping season was closed beginning in 1929, but this didn't help much. Pollution was a major problem until the 1970s, when many laws were enacted to improve water quality in our streams and rivers. River otters were listed as a state threatened species in 1977. Their status was downgraded to state endangered in 1989. It's likely that fewer than 100 otters existed in Illinois at this time. The largest concentration lived along the Mississippi River and its backwaters in northwestern Illinois. A smaller population occurred along the Cache River in the southern tip of the state.
WWF GUIANAS: Giant River Otters
Giant river otters, Research, Guianas, Guayanas, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname,marine turtles, goldmining, sea turtles, tepuis, amazon forest, mangroves, WWF
http://www.wwfguianas.org/Giant_Otter.htm

Extractions: The Central Suriname Nature Reserve, a World Heritage site, encompasses more than 1.6 millon hectares of pristine tropical rainforest interspersed with granite inselbergs and a tepui, huge sandstone rock formations that rise majestically above the forest canopy. Flowing through the reserve over rapids and dramatic waterfalls are the freshwater tributaries of the Upper Coppename River system. In June, a team funded by WWF-Guianas surveyed the Upper Coppename River, as part of its Giant Otter Regional Conservation Project to protect the freshwaters of the Guianas and their bio-indicator species, giant river otters. The project includes biodiversity assessments of key river systems and the training of local university students in river monitoring and biological survey techniques. As part of the research, tissue samples from the Anumara fish are also being collected to monitor mercury contamination from goldmining activities along the rivers. Marchal Lingaard, The Foundation for Nature Conservation in Suriname (STINASU) ornithologist and field researcher relaxing after a hard day's work at Adampala Creek, a tributary of the Upper Coppename River.
WWF GUIANAS: GIANT RIVER OTTER
tepuis, amazon forest, mangroves, WWF, world wildlife fund, world wide fund fornature, werld natuur fonds, giant river otters, ecoregions, conservation.
http://www.wwfguianas.org/feat_spec_giant_otter.htm

Extractions: Pteronura brasiliensis Common names English: Giant Otter; Flat-tailed otter; Giant Brazilian Otter Suriamese: Bigi watra dagu Creole: Water Dog Mikushi: Turara Dutch: Riesen Otter French: Loutre geante du Bresil Spanish: Portuguese: Ariranha, Saro Biology and Ecology The giant river otter is the largest of the 13 otter species and is found only in the rainforests and rivers of South America. From its head to the tip of its tail, an adult otter can reach 6 feet for a very large individual. The species is prized for its dense fur, which is brown and has a velvety appearance when dry. For swimming, the otter's large feet are webbed and its tail is muscular. The species favors slow-moving rivers and streams, oxbow lakes, swamps, and marshes. It feeds mainly on fish and crabs, and during the rainy season otters will follow fish as they move into the flooded forests bordering rivers. During the dry season, when cubs are reared, otters are less mobile, staying in a single river channel. Otters live in social groups of around 4 to 9 individuals. Each group has a home range that consists of both land and water and usually extendsover an area of about 12 by 12 km.
2001-02 Missouri River Otters (UHL) Player Statistics
Return to Main Page 200102 Missouri river otters UHL. Visit our sponsorNote An asterisk (*) means that the player finished the
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Extractions: Note: An asterisk (*) means that the player finished the year with another team in the same league. - Regular Season - Playoffs # Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 10 Dustin Whitecotton Lonnie Loach Jason Gudmundson Joe Ritson ... Doug Searle , Knoxville........................ 45 18 18 36 24 Missouri......................... 17 4 7 11 12 1 Totals........................... 62 4 25 29 48 1 Jason Hughes , Kalamazoo....................... 38 12 12 51 Knoxville....................... 24 10 10 71 7 Missouri........................ 17 1 5 6 19 4 2 2 6 Totals.......................... 79 1 27 28 141 4 2 2 6 11 Charlie Blyth Scott Perry Mike Jaros Troy Mann ... Brandon Merli , Quad City...................... 6 1 1 6 19 Missouri....................... 10 3 4 7 18 3 Totals......................... 16 4 4 8 24 3 18
1999-00 Missouri River Otters (UHL) Player Statistics
Return to Main Page 199900 Missouri river otters UHL. Visit our sponsorNote An asterisk (*) means that the player finished the
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0019962000.html

Extractions: Note: An asterisk (*) means that the player finished the year with another team in the same league. - Regular Season - Playoffs # Player Name GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 33 Lonnie Loach Jeremy Rebek Colin Chaulk Alain St. Hilaire ... Mark Fox , Knoxville........................... 10 2 2 4 Flint............................... 14 1 1 6 Missouri............................ 6 Totals.............................. 30 3 3 10 Scott Bell Jay Pylypuik Randy Best Brian Regan (G)............................... 49 2 2 4 3 1 1 2 David Mitchell (G)............................ 7 1 1 23 Troy Michalski Chris Bernard (G)............................. 15 1 1 2 Jason Stewart Darcy Anderson Scott Bokal (G)............................... 2 Yuri Gerasimov (G)............................ 2
OurSports Central- Missouri River Otters, United Hockey League
Missouri river otters, League UHL. City St. Charles, Missouri LeagueUnited Hockey League Official Website Missouri river otters
http://www.oursportscentral.com/team.cfm?teamid=283
Missouri River Otters - UHL : United Hockey League - Inthecrease.com - In The Cr
Breaking News 03/19/2003 river otters Claim Hebert Off Waivers, Add Him to RosterHead Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Mark Reeds of the Missouri river
http://www.inthecrease.com/uhl/missouri/index.cfm
Missouri River Otters - UHL : United Hockey League - Inthecrease.com - In The Cr
Posted May 31, 2002 river otters GameWorn Home Jersey Auction Begins Tuesday,June 4 Missouri river otters Press Release The Missouri river otters of the
http://www.inthecrease.com/uhl/missouri/news.cfm?ID=1
EVOS-Oil Spill Facts-Status Of River Otters
Detailed information about the current status of river otters in the Exxon Valdezoil spill region. river otters were considered to be recovered in 1999.
http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/facts/status_riverotter.html

Extractions: River otters have a low population density in Prince William Sound Twelve river otter carcasses were found following the spill, but the actual total mortality is not known. Studies conducted during 1989-91 identified several differences between river otters in oiled and unoiled areas in Prince William Sound , including biochemical alterations, reduced diversity in prey species, reduced body size (length-weight), and increased home-range size. Because there were few prespill data, it is not certain that these differences are the result of the oil spill. Recovery Goal
Missouri River Otters - UHL : United Hockey League - Inthecrease.com - In The Cr
Breaking News 02/03/2003 rivers otters Win 4in-Row Before Dropping Final decisionof Week The Missouri river otters continued their flawless play when
http://66.207.138.81/uhl/missouri/index.cfm
Virginia Marine Science Museum - Virginia's Largest Aquarium And Marine Science
VA Beach, VA) 800000 gallons of aquariums, live animal habitats, 300 handson exhibits,3D IMAX theater, sharks, sea turtles, stingrays, river otters, and more
http://www.vmsm.com/vtourp_rivotters.html

Extractions: Located in the heart of Owls Creek Marsh Pavilion, the museum's river otter exhibit houses five playful river otters in a 30,000-gallon aquarium and adjoining habitat. Carpeted steps invite visitors to watch the amazing (and never-ending) otter antics through an underwater/overwater viewing window. The museum's five male river otters waddle precariously on land along the mud banks, but once in the water they are agile swimmers. With an extremely curious and inquisitive nature, these sleek mammals have been known to come nose to nose with museum visitors along the glass where even the small are never denied an up-close view! The river-otter exhibit mimics a mud bank, pockmarked by fiddler crab holes and dangling roots. River Otters Lutra canadensis Fun Facts Members of the weasel family, river otters are agile and accomplished hunters, using a keen sense of smell and sensitive whiskers to detect and zero in on prey. At the top of their food chain within their environment, river otters are not terribly particular about their food. They eat fish, frogs, crabs, salamanders or birds. River otters have short, thick legs with webbed feet and claws, as well as short and dense fur.
River Otters
river otters are small, secretive, and wideranging, which makes themdifficult (and expensive) to observe in the wild. Currently
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/lcr/kachemak/html/projsumm/rivrottr.htm

Extractions: Mapping Trampling ... Search Distribution, Trend, Habitat Use, and Harvest Potential of Coastal River Otter Populations Canis lupus ), coyotes (C anis latrans ), arctic foxes ( Alopex lagopus ), red foxes ( Vuleps vulpes ), wolverines ( Gulo gulo ), martens ( Martes americana ), weasels ( Mustela sp.), minks ( Mustela vison ), river (land) otters ( Lutra canadensis ), marmots ( Marmota sp.), red squirrels ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ), ground squirrels ( Spermophilus parryii ), flying squirrels ( Glaucomys sabtinus ), beavers ( Castor canadensis ), muskrats ( Ondatra zibethicus ), and lynx ( Lynx canadensis ). The river otter is the only furbearer species being studied in Kachemak Bay. The populations being studied in Kachemak Bay are located between Kasitsna Bay and Sadie Cove with the primary area of activity located in Tutka Bay. Study areas in Prince William Sound center on Knight Island, Naked Island, Esther Passage, and the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula. The goal of this project is to develop a reliable technique(s) for monitoring wild river otter populations in Kachemak Bay. To do this, the following four objectives are being addressed: Determining if latrine site use and fecal deposition rates are precise indicators of river otter abundance in coastal areas;
GOTTA LOVE RIVER OTTERS!
GOTTA LOVE river otters! OTTER FACTS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW SCIENTIFIC NAMELutra Canadensis; LIFESPAN 14.5 years in captivity; river otters.
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/forestfriends/otter.html

Extractions: GOTTA LOVE RIVER OTTERS! OTTER FACTS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW RIVER OTTERS There are few things in life more joyful than watching an otter just being an otter. They are playful (like their sea otter cousins), quick moving, and graceful in the water. River otters have a rich brown fur which is water repellant. The belly has a silvery sheen. There are 4 mammae. Otter tails are fur covered, wide at the base but tapering down to a tip. Otter's feet are webbed but with 5 distinct toes and a footpad on each foot. Otters possess 36 teeth with which they dine on fish, frogs, crayfish and other aquatic invertabrates. Otters make their homes in "dens" borrowed into banks of rivers, lakes and ponds. Entrances are underwater. Otters usually confine themselves within a homerange of 15 miles. After a gestation of 9-10 months, a litter of 1-5 (usually 2) kits are born in April or May, kits are blind at birth but have fur.
Home Page
Fan site with news, player updates, game of the week, and visitors information.Category Sports Hockey United Hockey League Teams Missouririver otters Split Two Games over Port Huron (February 2, 2003)The Missouri riverotters have reverted back to their Jekyll and Hyde character, where they
http://www.riverringers.8m.com/

Extractions: (April 6, 2003) It was double overtime in Muskegon, but the River Otters could not hold on. Robin Bouchard scored the winning goal in Game 3 of the first round of the Colonial Cup playoffs and the River Otters were eliminated. This was the fourth straight year that the River Otters went to the playoffs, yet lose in the first round. The team is 3-13 in playoffs. (April 9, 2003) Coming soon, we will have the web site in our usual "summer mode." While we will be doing our normal summer duties, we will be presenting a complete photo journal of the 2002-03 season, complete with pictures never before seen. Should there be any breaking news concerning the River Otters team that should wake us from our summer hibernation, we will present it here on this page. UHL AWARDS
AGPix.com
Photographers Specializing in otters, river The following photographershave listed this term in their stocklist as a specialty.
http://www.agpix.com/search_index.php?index_id=9292
River Otter Alliance - Can Otters Recolonize The Grand Canyon
Can river otters Naturally Recolonize the Grand Canyon? Recently, a proposalto reintroduce river otters to the Grand Canyon was put forward.
http://www.otternet.com/ROA/recolonizecanyon.htm

Extractions: By Merav Ben-David, Ph.D. River otters (Lontra canadensis) are piscivorous predators, which forage near the apex of the trophic pyramid and readily accumulate high levels of pollutants. Indeed, river otters in North America were reduced throughout much of their historic range by the early 1900s because of pollution, urbanization, and overharvest. Consequently, numerous projects were initiated to reintroduce river otters to areas from which they were extirpated. Many of the reintroduction programs were highly successful (see article in our Autumn 2001 issue on the river otter in Missouri), but also very costly and sometimes came at the expense of individual animals. Recently, a proposal to reintroduce river otters to the Grand Canyon was put forward. Although this proposal has large appeal, reintroducing river otters to the Grand Canyon has several limitations. The population status and current distribution of the subspecies that historically inhabited the Grand Canyon, L. c. sonora, is unknown. The source populations for reintroduction will likely be of different subspecies trapped in places such as Alaska, Missouri, Louisiana, and Florida, where otter populations are stable and trapping will likely not affect population status. Thus, a successful reintroduction in the Grand Canyon may lead to genetic swamping of the few remaining L. c. sonora in adjacent watersheds. Genetic swamping occurs when a large number of individuals with new genetic material breeds with the few original inhabitants of the area producing offspring that carry little of the genetic information of the original population.
River Otters
Cage Trap for otters Learn more about the trap by dowloading our OtterCage Trap. Other Sources of information New York river Otter Project.
http://www.wildlifedamagecontrol.com/riverotters.htm

Extractions: Otters are a media darling. Many people love to see their playful antics on T.V. Unfortunately, sometimes otter can wreak havoc on fish ponds and other property. With otter reintroduction being so successful all around the country, visit Otter Reintroduction Success in Ohio , more and more property owners will be struggling with ways to control otter. Before performing any control technique check with your state wildlife laws. Despite what animal rights activists continually claim Footholds a Humane Way to Capture Otters . The trouble is that animal rights activist activity is removing the legality of foothold use in more and more states around the country. Cage Trap for Otters Learn more about the trap by dowloading our Otter Cage Trap This trap is available through special order. Other Sources of information: New York River Otter Project Off-Line Ordering Information While we encourage the use of our secure on-line ordering system. Click Secure . We understand how some of our customers have concerns with on-line credit card purchases prefer to pay with money orders etc. For those of you who wish not to use on-line ordering please follow the instructions below. To determine the total cost of the purchase please follow these steps.

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