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| Description Distribution
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The river otter is widely distributed throughout the
world. Lutra canadensis, the northern river otter, is distributed throughout North
America. The otter was found in all major waterways of the United States and Canada until
at least the eighteenth century (Tabor and Toweill, 1982). In recent times, the
distribution of northern otters has dwindled to mainly Canada, limited northwestern and
southeastern portions of the United States (Tabor and Toweill, 1982). Otters are
distributed in Texas "from the eastern one-fourth of the state in major
watersheds," but "at one time, they could be found in the Panhandle, north
central, and southern regions of Texas" (Texas Parks & Wildlife, http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/lutrcana.htm).
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