Enhydra lutris kenyoni
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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. Enhydra lutris nereis is found off the coast of central California. Enhydra lutris kenyoni is distributed throughout the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska, and has been reintroduced to various locations from south of Prince William Sound, Alaska to Oregon. The sea otter is the heaviest (the giant otter is longer, but significantly slimmer) member of the family Mustelidae, a diverse group that includes the 13 otter species and terrestrial animals such as weasels, badgers, and minks. It is unique among the mustelids in not making dens or burrows, in having no functional anal scent glands, and in being able to live its entire life without leaving the water. The only living member of the genus Enhydra, the sea otter is so different from other mustelid species that, as recently as 1982, some scientists believed it was more closely related to the earless seals. Genetic analysis indicates the sea otter and its closest extant relatives, which include the African speckle-throated otter, European otter, African clawless otter and oriental small-clawed otter, shared an ancestor approximately 5 million years ago.
| Status | Date Listed | Lead Region | Where Listed |
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| Threatened | 08/09/2005 | Alaska Region (Region 7) | Southwest Alaska, from Attu Island to Western Cook Inlet, including Bristol Bay, the Kodiak Archipelago, and the Barren Islands |
- States/US Territories in which the Northern Sea Otter, Southwest Alaska DPS is known to or is believed to occur: Alaska
- US Counties in which the Northern Sea Otter, Southwest Alaska DPS is known to or is believed to occur: View All
- USFWS Refuges in which the Northern Sea Otter, Southwest Alaska DPS is known to occur: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
- Additional species information
| 08/13/2013 | Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) Recovery Plan | Recovery efforts in progress, but no implementation information yet to display | Final |
| 08/15/2006 | 71 FR 46864 46870 | Special Rule for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter |
| 08/09/2005 | 70 FR 46387 46392 | Special Rule for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter: Proposed rule. |
| 08/13/2013 | Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) Recovery Plan | Recovery efforts in progress, but no implementation information yet to display | Final |
| 04/22/2014 | 79 FR 22154 22159 | NOA of Final Revised SARs for Pacific walrus and 3 stocks of northern sea otters in AK |
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| 09/06/2013 | 78 FR 54905 54906 | Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni): Availability of Recovery Plan |
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| 04/26/2013 | 78 FR 24767 24768 | Announcement of Active 5-Year Status Review of the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter |
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| 10/12/2010 | 75 FR 62562 62564 | Notice of Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for the Southwest Alaska Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Sea Otter |
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