IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
©IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group
Volume 35 Issue 3 (October 2018)
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DER FISCHOTTER
EIN HEIMLICHER JÄGER KEHRT ZURÜCK
Irene WEINBERGER and Hansjakob BAUMGARTNER
This book gives an excellent overview over the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra). However, in the first chapter recent findings from Palaeozoology on the origin of the current otter species are discussed. The next chapter covers in short the other living otter species. In the following chapter general biology, diet and breeding are explained. A chapter covers the wide range extension of the Eurasian otter but also aspects such as „city otters“. The solitary character and the interaction with other otters are specifically explained and there are very good pictures of the different forms of spraints. Life history and threats ranging from hundting to traffic and pollution are discussed as causes for the partial dissapearence from their former habitat as well as the recent recovery are well explained. There is a specific chapter on human-otter conflicts that covers. The book is written in German and for the general public but in addition to present a good overview of the Eurasian otter in easy understandable terms there is a large number of excellent fotos, which by themself make the book a valuable addition to every library.
ISBN 978-3-258-08084-0
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