IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

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IUCN Otter Specialist Group Library

IUCN

The 2008 IUCN red listings of the world’s small carnivores

Red List Training

Otter Specialist Group

What is the OSG?

Terms of Reference

How to Join

OSG Tropical Asian Otter Conservation Manifesto

Annual Report 2013

IXth Otter Colloquium Results
Also as PDF (53 KB)

Continental Sections

Europe

Species Groups

Enhydra lutris

Lontra felina

Lutrogale perspicillata

Task Forces

Otters in Captivity

XIIIth Otter Congress
Singapore 2016

About the Congress

Website

XIIth Otter Colloquium
Brazil 2014

Website

1st Circular 23/09/13

2nd Circular 17/02/14

XIth Otter Colloquium
Pavia 2011

Proceedings

Website

1st Circular 09/03/09

Xth Otter Colloquium
Korea 2007

Proceedings

Presentations
latest additions 19/04/08

Memories of the Colloquium

Jim Conroy's Visit to Korea

Members' E-Library

Index of Papers Available
(needs OSG username and password)

Otter Identification

Information wanted on African Otters

CITES Otter Identification Sheets Click on each sheet for full-size version

Alerts

All Alerts Issued

Unexplained Sea Otter Die-Offs 22/09/07

Vacancies/Opportunities

PhD position sought (17/02/10)

Useful Resources

Research Guidelines

Research Contacts

Photos of Otters at SeaPics
(many by Nicole Duplaix - search for otter)

Useful Publications

Asian Otter Conservation Workshop, November 2013, Bengaluru, India

Wildlife of Pakistan

Proceedings of the First Otter Toxicology Conference (2000)

How to Build an Artificial Holt (IOSF)

Recycled Plastic Holt for Urban Use (Chris Matcham)

The 'Standard Method' of Otter Surveying (Claus Reuther et al, 2000)
(email request)

Husbandry Standards

Standard Otter Measurements

Recommended Otter Websites

IOSF (International Otter Survival Fund)

ROA (River Otter Alliance)

Otter Joy

Otters of Mexico

Reseau-Loutres.org

Chinchimen - Protecting the Marine Otter

Shetland Otters

Nepal Otters Project

Defenders of Wildlife: Sea Otters

Other Useful Websites

SEEP (Centre for Sustainability, Environment, Equity and Partnership)

New Books

We love Otters!

Otters of the World

Hans Kruuk (2006) Otters: ecology, behaviour and conservation, Oxford University Press.

Carvalho Junior (2007) No Rastro da Lontra brasiliera (On the track of the Brazilian Otter)

The Wild Mammals of Japan

Thesis Abstracts

Ecology of the otter (Lutra lutra) in central Finland and methods for estimating the densities of populations
Risto Sulkava

Monitoring and predicting elusive species colonisation – Application to the otter in the Cévennes National Park (France)
Xavier Janssens

Conservation Genetics of the Eurasian Otter in Sweden
Johanna Arrendal

Comparative analysis of structural and functional hair coat characteristics, including heat loss regulation, in the Lutrinae (Carnivora: Mustelidae)
Rachel Kuhn
(Whole Thesis - needs osg username and password)

Optimizing the Nutrition of Captive Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra)
Katrin Ruff

Distribution, Exploitation and Trade Dynamics of Asian Smallclawed Otter Amblonyx cinereus Illiger 1815 in Mainland Palawan, Philippines
Jeric Bocol Gonzalez
(Whole Thesis)

Behavior and Ecology of the Giant Otter (Pteronura Brasiliensis) in Oxbow Lakes of the Manú Biosphere Reserve, Perú.
Lisa Davenport (Whole Thesis)

Applying quantitative methods to conservation planning: population dynamics of the Eurasian otter in Ireland
Lughaidh Ó Néill
(Whole Thesis - needs osg username and password)