IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin

©IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group
Edited By: Dr Arno Gutleb
Online ISSN:1023-9030

The IUCN OSG Bulletin is the scientific journal of the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group.

We publish peer-reviewed manuscripts containing information from original research that contributes to understanding of any aspect of the biology of the 13 otter species. Topics include investigations into physiology, ecology, conservation, status, diet, behaviour and can cover observations from the wild or animals in captivity.

The IUCN OSG Bulletin is indexed by: Scopus, Google Scholar, Scimago and EBSCO

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20th November 2024: Volume 41(4) Complete issue published
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15th November 2024: Volume 41(3) New Paper Added: Iversen, E., Painter, L.E., and Duplaix, N. (2024). Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Reintroduction to the Oregon Coast, United States: Challenges and Unanswered Questions
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30th October 2024: Volume 41(3) New Paper Added: Sharma, S., Subba, A., Pradhan, G., and Chhetri, A. (2024). Photographic Evidence of Incidental Sightings of the Vulnerable Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus Illiger, 1815) in the Mixed Forest of Darjeeling and Kalimpong District as Part of Central Himalaya.
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24th October 2024: Volume 41(3) New Paper Added: Norbu, L., Jamtsho, T., Jamtsho, K., Tenzin, P., and Lhendup, U. (2024). A Survey of Otters in the Kholongchu and Upper Drangmechu Rivers, Eastern Bhutan
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Current Issue: Volume 41 Issue 4 COMPLETED

Wide, calm river running across the picture. The far bank is sloping with long grass, shrubs and some trees. The near bank is grass and mud, trampled by some large animal.  An African Clawless Otter is walking towards the river from bottom right, with one paw raised. Copyright Collette Tracy.
Aonyx capensis © Collette Tracy

Contents



Volume 39(A) (2022)
North American River Otter Lontra canadensis Bibliography 9th edition
A rock surrounded by rippling water. On the rock, a North American River Otter is holding a fish down with one paw while facing right with its mouth open; a second otter is climbing on top of it, and holding its left ear in its mouth  - copyright Nesime Askin (OERS)
Lontra canadensis ©Nesime Askin (OERS)
Volume 39(B) (2022)
Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis Bibliography 5th edition
Neotropical Otter looking up at the camera, forepaws on a muddy surface with a small flowering vine  - copyright Oldemar C Junior
Lontra longicaudis © Oldemar C Junior
Volume 39(D) (2022)
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris Bibliography 2nd Edition
Calm sea with head and forpaws of a sea otter, which is eating a clam. - copyright Nicole Duplaix
Enhydra lutris © Nicole Duplaix


Volume 38(A) (2021)
Lontra canadensis Bibliography 8th edition
A rock surrounded by rippling water. On the rock, a North American River Otter is holding a fish down with one paw while facing right with its mouth open; a second otter is climbing on top of it, and holding its left ear in its mouth  - copyright Nesime Askin (OERS)
Lontra canadensis ©Nesime Askin (OERS)
Volume 38(B) (2021)
Lontra longicaudis Bibliography 4th edition
Neotropical Otter looking up at the camera, forepaws on a muddy surface with a small flowering vine - copyright Oldemar C. Junior
Lontra longicaudis © Oldemar C Junior



Volume 37(A) (2020)
Lontra canadensis Bibliography 7th edition
A rock surrounded by rippling water. On the rock, a North American River Otter is holding a fish down with one paw while facing right with its mouth open; a second otter is climbing on top of it, and holding its left ear in its mouth  - � Nesime Askin (OERS)
Lontra canadensis ©Nesime Askin (OERS)