Description
English:
Otter (Lutra canadensis syn. Lontra canadensis)
Title: Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938 Underwood, William Lyman, phot
Text Appearing After Image:
THE OTTER. LUTRA CANADENSIS OR LUTRA HUDSONICA. The animal apparently enjoys aregular sort of toboggan slide. TWO FAMOUS SWIMMERS. 157 This remarkable propensity for sliding is one ofthe strangest habits of the otter. That the animalshould apparently enjoy a regular sort of tobogganslide is almost past ones comprehension. But such isundoubtedly the case. Audubon says : The otters ascend the bank at aplace suitable for their diversion, and sometimes whereit is very steep, so that they are obliged to make quitean effort to gain the top. They slide down in rapidsuccession where there are many at a sliding place.On one occasion we were resting ourselves on thebank of Canoe Creek, a small stream near Henderson,which empties into the Ohio, when a pair of ottersmade their appearance, and, not observing our prox-imity, began to enjoy their sliding pastime. . . . Wecounted each one making twenty-two slides before wedisturbed their sportive occupation. The borders of lakes and streams
Date 1898
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Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/familiarlifeinfi00math/familiarlifeinfi00math#page/n200/mode/1up
Author Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, phot
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The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter or the common otter, is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to the North American continent found in and along its waterways and coasts. An adult river otter can weigh between 5.0 and 14 kg. The river otter is protected and insulated by a thick, water-repellent coat of fur.