Sea otter  (Enhydra lutris)

Authentication

Authenticated (17/10/07) by Dr Jane Watson, Biology Department, Malaspina University-College.

Glossary

  • Invertebrates: animals without a backbone.
  • Polygynous: a pattern of mating in which a male has more than one female partner.
  • Subspecies: a different race of a species, which is geographically separated from other populations of that species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Jefferson, T.A., Leatherwood, S. and Webber, M.A. (1993) FAO species identification guide. Marine mammals of the world.United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome.
  3. CITES (September, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Estes, J.A. and Bodkin, J.L. (2002) Otters. In: Perrin, W.F., Wursig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.Academic Press, London.
  5. SEA OTTERS: THE CLAM BUSTERS (Wildlife on One)(BBC tx. 16 January 1995).
  6. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Alaska (September, 2007)
    http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/index.htm
  7. Perrin, W.F. (2002) Geographic Variation. In: Perrin, W.F., Wursig, B. and Thewissen, J.G.M. (Eds) Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals.Academic Press, London.
  8. A SEA OTTER STORY (Nature: Waddlers and Paddlers)(PBS tx. 17 March 1994).
  9. Kruuk, H. (2006) Otters. In: Macdonald, D.W. (Ed) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  10. IUCN Otter Specialist Group (September, 2007)
    http://otterspecialistgroup.org/Species/Enhydra_lutris.html
  11. US Fish and Wildlife Service. (2003) Final Revised Recovery Plan for the Southern Sea Otter.USFWS, Portland, Oregon. Available at: http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do?spcode=A0A7
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