adult sea otter | spring or summer | | Order Carnivora | 15-150 seconds | sea otter | its thick fur for insulation | 3 years | west coast of Canada | Enhydra lutris | well | | sea urchins, mussels, crabs, limpets, snails, fish | | | on land | about 8 years | | loutre de mer | flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them | all winter | rusty red, brown, almost black, usually paler on the throat, chest and head | |  | | the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts | on it back in patches of kelp | killer whale | Family Mustelidae |
adult female sea otter | spring or summer | live babies | Order Carnivora | 15-150 seconds | female mammal | its thick fur for insulation | 3 years | west coast of Canada | Enhydra lutris | well | 19.7 kg | sea urchins, mussels, crabs, limpets, snails, fish | spring | 1-1.3 m | on land | about 8 years | two teats | loutre de mer | flat stone as an anvil for pounding mussel shells to open them | all winter | rusty red, brown, almost black, usually paler on the throat, chest and head | her baby on her chest |  | babies | the sea, off rocky reefs, islets and coasts | on it back in patches of kelp | killer whale | Family Mustelidae |