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Chinese River Otter Collection Image, Figure 1, Total 11 Figures
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Chinese River Otter
  • species_info
    • english title:Chinese River Otter
    • scientific_name:Lutra lutra
    • DIVISION:Chordata
    • subphylum:Vertebrata
    • class:Mammalia
    • subclass:Theria
    • orders:Carnivora
    • suborder:Caniformia
    • family:Mustelidae
    • subfamily:Lutrinae
    • genus:Lutra
    • species:lutra
    • species_author:Linnaeus
    • species_pub_year:1758
    • common name
      • common name english:Chinese Otter
  • collection_content
    • collection_info
      • quantity:1
    • collection_feature
      • S-V length:800  mm
      • Tail length:460  mm
    • collection_record
      • catalog no:TMMA0017
      • CAT_NO:MA.0017
      • Specimen Category:A,M
      • Type Category:標本(General)
  • gdesc_info
    • GDESC:保育等級:International Union for Conservation of Nature紅皮書中屬近危物種(Near Threatened)類別。

      型態:又稱歐亞水獺,毛皮呈深褐色,唇、喉、腹部呈淺灰色,絨毛濃密而柔軟,以保持乾燥與溫暖。

      生態:嘴邊生有觸覺用腮鬚,非常敏銳。半水棲肉食性動物,多在湖泊、溪畔活動,並在水邊的洞穴或樹洞築巢。善游泳與潛水,主要以魚類為食,也會覓食蝦蟹、蛙類或其他小型無脊椎動物。夜行性動物,但白天偶會出現。主要為獨居,領域性非常強,但雄性與雌性的領域可能重疊。過去曾分布於台灣本島中低海拔至沿海附近溪流,但因河川污染與棲地破壞,近年來以不見蹤跡,目前僅存金門有少數族群。

      形質:頭扁平而寬闊,脖子短,身體圓長,尾巴基部粗而末端細長,呈流線型善於水中活動。頭與軀幹長約60至80公分,尾巴長約30至50公分,體重5至15公斤。

      標本資訊:本標本吻肛長80公分,尾長46公分。乾燥保存。