Common otter  (Lutra lutra)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Mustelidae
Genus Lutra (1)
Size Head-body length: 57-70 cm (2)
Tail length: 35-40 cm (2)
Weight Males: 10.1 kg (3)
Females: 7.0 kg (3)
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Status

Classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List 2004. Listed under CITES Appendix 1 (4), Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive (6). Protected in the UK by Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) (2).