River Otter (<i>Lontra canadensis</i>) Killed by Wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i>) during Winter in Northern Minnesota

Thomas D. Gable; Steve K. Windels; Ian C. Rautio

doi:10.22621/cfn.v131i3.1913

River Otter (Lontra canadensis) Killed by Wolves (Canis lupus) during Winter in Northern Minnesota

Authors

Thomas D. Gable Voyageurs National Park http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0917-8951
Steve K. Windels
Ian C. Rautio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i3.1913

Keywords:

River Otter, Gray Wolf, predation, kill site, Minnesota, Canis lupus, Lontra canadensis

Abstract

Few accounts exist of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) killing small sympatric mammalian predators. In January 2017, we observed a River Otter (Lontra canadensis) that had been killed by wolves on the ice in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. This is one of only a few documented instances of wolves killing otters.

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2018-02-28

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Vol. 131 No. 3 (2017)

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