Description
English: Marine otter (Lontra felina) at Huachipa Zoo in Lima, Peru.
Español: Nutria marina, también conocida como gato marino (Lontra felina), en el Zoológico de Huachipa, Lima, Perú.
Date 29 July 2009
Author Sakura1994 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sakura1994
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lfelina.jpg

The marine otter (Lontra felina) is a rare and poorly known South American mammal of the weasel family (Mustelidae). The scientific name means "otter cat", and in Spanish, the marine otter is also often referred to as gato marino: "marine cat". The marine otter (while spending much of its time out of the water) only lives in saltwater, coastal environments and rarely ventures into freshwater or estuarine habitats. This saltwater exclusivity is unlike most other otter species, including the almost fully aquatic sea otter (Enhydra lutris) of the northeast Pacific. Order: Carnivora, Family: Mustelidae, Subfamily: Lutrinae.