Sea otter enhydra.
River otter prints in mud.
A very nice set of otter tracks in fine mud.
Otters share many characteristics with their weasel family relatives.
A domestic cat s tracks can be seen in the upper right corner of the photo.
River otters usually feed on slow moving fish such as carp mud minnows stickle backs and suckers that are from four to six inches long.
They have five toes on their feet and short claws that give their prints a pointed look.
Tracks in mud are likely to be more distinctive than tracks in dry sand.
They also have five toes a distinctive sign that it s an otter print.
Captive close up of a sea otter floating on its back point defiance zoo tacoma washington usa.
Running stride is 12 24 300 600 mm.
European otter lutra lutra trail on snow and frozen lake at midwinter finland.
The tracks of a group of river otters.
Otter tracks in the mud by the river wear.
Like other mustelids otter feet have 5 toes claws and a c shaped palm pad.
Two otter trails follow the river s edge.
River otters can smell concentrations of fish in upstream ponds that drain into small slow moving streams and will follow that smell to its origin even in urban areas.
Tracks of a river otter in snow with a 6 inch ruler for scale.
In other words otter droppings.
Otter tracks in the mud by the river wear.
Toes fan out widely but webbing rarely prints except in mud.
River otter trail heading toward the camera and raccoon heading away.
An otter track is 3 1 4 80 mm wide or more about 4 long and often show only heel pad and claws.
A pair of river otter tracks in wet sand.
European river otter european otter eurasian otter lutra lutra tracks in snow on partly frozen pond germany.
Sometimes only 4 toes show in the track and sometimes the substrate the snow sand mud etc is so poor that you can t see the tracks clearly.
At the top are the tracks of a raccoon.
Webbing doesn t always show in tracks and a trail drag may be visible in good substrate.
Otter lutra lutra dropping spraint on rock at edge of lake.
Look for tracks on muddy river banks around ponds streams lakes rivers marshes and beaches near fresh water.
A pair of older otter tracks in sand near a river.
Otter prints can be found at the edge of river banks in gravel sand and mud and on tarmac if they have just left the river.
Look for signs of otter on muddy or snowy river banks where you can find prints and trough from belly sliding into the water.
Close up of oriental small clawed otter amblonyx cinereus 5 years old lying in front of white background.
