Pinniped

COMMON NAME: Otter 

NAME IN ENGLISH: Northern Fur Seal 

SCIENTIFIC NAME: callorhinus ursinus 

FILO: Chordata 

CLASS: Mammalia 

ORDER: Pinnipedia 

FAMILY: Otaridae 

LENGTH: male - 2.60 m female - 1.70 m 

WEIGHT: Males weigh 450-600 lbs (200-275 kg) Females weigh 90-110 pounds (40-50 kg) COAT: tufts, half of which are lost in each molt This mammal has very thick skin with two layers. There are very dense and impermeable long hairs; (the undercoat is insulated and has 54,000 hairs per square inch). 

TIME OF LIFE: 20 years 

GESTURE: 11 months 

NUMBER OF PUPPIES: usually one. 

CUB WEIGHT AT BIRTH: 7 kg

HABITAT: lives in the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean (above 32 ° north latitude). Several hundred thousand of these seals live off the coasts of Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the Galapagos Islands. 

HABITS: They have nocturnal habits and are intelligent and social animals living in community in large groups on land (called colonies) and smaller groups in the water (called rafts). The breeding grounds are called nurseries. 

DIET: Otters are carnivores and hunt at night (their habits are mostly nocturnal). They eat fish, squid, and octopuses. They do not chew the food; they swallow in large chunks. 

PREDATOR: Suckers are hunted by the Orcas, some sharks, foxes, and sea lions.
The Otter, whose existence has been threatened by intensive hunting, is now protected in many regions. His thick shiny coat is brown, black or gray, and sometimes a combination of the three. It has a high forehead and a snout more pronounced than other species, such as the California seal. With a long muscular neck, the sucker has a short tail and elongated feet that serve as oar. Several hundred thousand of these seals live off the coasts of Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the Galapagos Islands. 

They are not migratory, but undertake long journeys of up to 1300 km in search of food.
In the Pinnipedia order (which includes seals and walruses), only the sucker shows hair change, which occurs in late summer. In November, at the time of mating, suckers meet in large groups. Five or ten females form a harem. After an eleven-month gestation, the offspring are born, usually one single per litter. They weigh about 7 kg. His woolly coat falls after four months to be replaced by a coat of olive and white color; with a year, that coat is cizento-dourada. For 10 months, the puppies are fed weekly.

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