North American River Otter
- Lutra Canadensis
- With a range that encompasses most of the US, otters are a common resident to local waterways and bodies of water.
- Mainly carnivorous, otters eat fish, small rodents, insects, crustaceans and sometimes fruits and/or vegetation.
- Being a mustelid, otters mark their territory with musky secretions and feces.
- Otters can have delayed implantation of embryos to the uterine wall to ensure that the offspring may be born during a healthy season lush with plenty of prey.
Location at Palm Beach Zoo
- Florida Wetlands Otter Exhibit
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