Mammals of North Carolina:
their Distribution and Abundance

Dare County

sciNamecomNamedateobservernumbercommentsphoto_linkobsType
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2021-01-21Cindy Hardin3 Tails, body habits, scat - Kitty Hawk Landing on my dock, I also have a video of them playing and then doing the poop dance.photo02_Photo
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2019-05-24Ed Corey1See photo for details. Medium sized, sleek mammal with thick rounded tail, blunt head, feeding on blue crabs beside breakwall. - Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge - North Pond Wildlife Trailphoto02_Photo
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2018-08-05nancy epstein and sarah epstein3Sunset. They were nudging each other and they seam right up to us as we stiod on the bridge. They poked around a bit under the bridge and then swam back upstream. - kitty hawk; Penny Toler Ditch, where it passes under the bike path by the sound.photo02_Photo
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2018-02-28Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin1Observed in late morning; the animal was momentarily resting on its back with the end of the tail raised out of water. - At Oregon Inlet Fishing Center at the end of Oregon Inlet Road. The otter was about 100 feet from the shoreline near the Coast Guard Station. 05_Sight
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2013-12-28Tom Snow 22:00 pm - Saw 2 swimming together in a canal waterway about 1 mile south of the visitors' center. - Pea Island NWRphoto02_Photo
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter2005-08-26Matt Windsor1JORI - Tracks observed along shoreline on soundside07_Sign wo/photo
Lontra canadensisNorth American River Otter0000-00-000Lee et al.10_Lee