Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

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Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

Globally endangered (EN) (Source: IUCN Red List)

Classification
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Life
Animals Kingdom Animalia
Chordates Phylum Chordata
Mammals Class Mammalia
Carnivorans Order Carnivora
Mustelids Family Mustelidae
Nutria marina Genus Enhydra
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris
- Northern Sea Otter Enhydra lutris ssp. kenyoni
- Asian Sea Otter Enhydra lutris ssp. lutris
- Southern Sea Otter Enhydra lutris ssp. nereis

All Names

English
- Sea Otter
Scientific names
- Enhydra lutris
- Enhydra lutris kamtschatica
- Lutra gracilis
- Lutra marina
- Lutra stelleri
- Mustela lutris
Spanish
- Nutria marina
- Nutria Del Kamtchatka
French
- Loutre De Mer

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What

Sea Otter Enhydra lutris

Observer

kschnei

Date

Dec 27, 2012 11:44 AM PST

Place

Moss Landing, California, United States (Google, OSM)

Description

Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris), Moss Landing Harbor, Monterey County, California - 27 December 2012. I counted forty sleeping and grooming themselves in the morning sun here today. From what I can glean from a quick look at my reference books and the internet, these rafts are likely single-sex groupings and the white-headed individuals are probably the older otters.