Otter
Subfamily of mammals (Lutrinae) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other animals.
| Otter Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present[1] | |
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| Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Type genus | |
| Lutra Brünnich, 1771 | |
| Genera | |
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Aonyx | |