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Abstract
Fish-eating carnivores of the family MUSTELIDAE, found on both hemispheres.
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20 entry terms
- Otter
- Aonyx
- Clawless Otters
- Enhydra lutris
- Giant Otters
- Lontra
- Lontra canadensis
- Lutra
- North American River Otter
- Pteronura
- Sea Otters
- Clawless Otter
- Giant Otter
- Otter, Clawless
- Otter, Giant
- Otter, Sea
- Otters, Clawless
- Otters, Giant
- Otters, Sea
- Sea Otter
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, psychology, surgery, urine, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse entry term ENHYDRA LUTRIS with ENHYDRA FLUCTUANS see ASTERACEAE
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History Note
91(75); was see under CARNIVORA 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Otters. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010041
- Otters. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otter
- Otters. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200184