Giant otter
(Pteronura brasiliensis)[] | |
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Species ID: | 3-6-50-3772-14827 |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Pteronura |
Conservation status: | EN - Endangered |
Systems: | Freshwater / Terrestrial |
Links: | IUCN Red List |
Other names[]
- Giant river otter
- Giant Brazilian otter
Diet[]
- Fish
- Crabs
- Snakes
- Turtles
- Small caimans
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Mangroves
Locations[]

Ecoregion range
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- NT0105 Bolivian Yungas
- NT0107 Caqueta moist forests
- NT0121 Eastern Cordillera real montane forests
- NT0124 Guianan Highlands moist forests
- NT0125 Guianan moist forests
- NT0126 Gurupa várzea
- NT0128 Iquitos várzea
- NT0132 Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests
- NT0133 Juruá-Purus moist forests
- NT0135 Madeira-Tapajós moist forests
- NT0138 Marajó várzea
- NT0140 Mato Grosso seasonal forests
- NT0141 Monte Alegre várzea
- NT0142 Napo moist forests
- NT0143 Negro-Branco moist forests
- NT0153 Peruvian Yungas
- NT0156 Purus várzea
- NT0157 Purus-Madeira moist forests
- NT0158 Rio Negro campinarana
- NT0163 Solimões-Japurá moist forest
- NT0166 Southwest Amazon moist forests
- NT0168 Tapajós-Xingu moist forests
- NT0169 Pantepuis
- NT0173 Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests
- NT0174 Ucayali moist forests
- NT0180 Xingu-Tocantins-Araguaia moist forests
- NT0182 Guianan piedmont and lowland moist forests
- NT0212 Chiquitano dry forests
- NT0702 Beni savanna
- NT0704 Cerrado
- NT0707 Guianan savanna
- NT0709 Llanos
- NT0907 Pantanal
- NT1401 Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves