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Scientific Name: Lutra canadensis
Habitat: Along streams and lakes.
Diet: Carnivorous—fish and crayfish taken most often. Additional foods include salamanders, snakes, aquatic invertebrates, snails, and muskrats.
Interesting Facts: This animal is well adapted for aquatic life with a streamlined body, thick coat and oily underfur, webbed feet, a muscular, rudder-like tail, ears and nose that can be closed when submerged, and strategic placement of the eyes.
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