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Lontra canadensis

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List of Habitats:
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.2 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks
5.3 Wetlands (inland) - Shrub Dominated Wetlands
5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands
5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
5.6 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)
5.9 Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases
5.10 Wetlands (inland) - Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt)
5.11 Wetlands (inland) - Alpine Wetlands (includes temporary waters from snowmelt)
5.13 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Inland Deltas
5.14 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes
5.15 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes and Flats
5.16 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools
5.17 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Marshes/Pools
9 Marine Neritic
9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
12 Marine Intertidal
12.5 Marine Intertidal - Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)
13 Marine Coastal/Supratidal
13.4 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes
13.5 Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Freshwater Lakes
15 Artificial/Aquatic & Marine
15.1 Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)
15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)
15.3 Artificial/Aquatic - Aquaculture Ponds
15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
List of Conservation Actions:
3 Species management
3.2 Species recovery (in place)
4 Education & awareness
4.1 Formal education (in place)
4.3 Awareness & communications (in place)
List of Threats:
1 Residential & commercial development
1.1 Housing & urban areas
1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.1 Shifting agriculture
2.1.2 Small-holder farming
2.1.3 Agro-industry farming
2.3 Livestock farming & ranching
2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming
2.3.3 Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming
2.4 Marine & freshwater aquaculture
2.4.3 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
3 Energy production & mining
3.2 Mining & quarrying
5 Biological resource use
5.1 Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
5.1.1 Intentional use (species is the target)
5.1.2 Unintentional effects (species is not the target)
5.3 Logging & wood harvesting
5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
7 Natural system modifications
7.2 Dams & water management/use
7.2.11 Dams (size unknown)
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.2 Problematic native species
9 Pollution
9.1 Domestic & urban waste water
9.1.1 Sewage
9.1.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.2 Industrial & military effluents
9.2.1 Oil spills
9.2.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.2 Soil erosion, sedimentation
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
9.5 Air-borne pollutants
9.5.1 Acid rain
Citation: Sefass, T. & Polechla, P. 2008. Lontra canadensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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