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Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eurasian river otter| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Mammalia | Carnivora | Mustelidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic; freshwater. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Asia and Europe Inland Waters, Northeast Atlantic; Indo-West Pacific, and the Mediterranean: Lutra lutra lutra: Ireland, Great Britain, Maghrib, continental Eurasia from Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula east to Kamchatka and Manchuria, Sakhalin, Kuril Island; Lutra lutra meridionalis: Turkey, southern Caucasus, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran; Lutra lutra seistanica: southern Turkmeniya, Iran, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and southern Kazakhstan, Xinjiang; Lutra lutra kutab: Pakistan, Tibet; Lutra lutra monticola: India, Nepal; Lutra lutra aurobrunnea: India, Nepal; Lutra lutra chinensis: China, Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Taiwan; Lutra lutra nair: India, Sri Lanka; Lutra lutra hainana: Hainan, China; Lutra lutra whiteleyi: Hokkaido, Japan; Lutra lutra sumatrana: Southern Vietnam, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Ref. 1522).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 980 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1005); 1070 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 10.0 t (Ref. 1005)
Feeds on fish and benthic invertebrates (Ref. 8723). It is preyed upon by the Atlantic salmon (Ref. 32771).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Rice, D.W. 1998. (Ref. 1522)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Near Threatened (NT) ; Date assessed: 31 January 2020
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Appendix I: International trade banned
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 6.7 - 14.9, mean 9.9 (based on 231 cells).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.