Semi-aquatic mammals (freshwater)
Eurasian Otter
Lutra lutra
Otters are highly adapted aquatic hunters, who are related to badger and pine marten. They are usually a shade of light brown, which can look darker when wet. They have a streamlined and cylindrical muscular tail and webbed feet. When they swim on the ...
Water vole
Arvicolla terrestis
This large rat-sized vole lives along a range of watercourses. The signs of vole activity include holes of around 50mm diameter connected with worn runs through waterside vegetation and characteristic prominent toilet sites, with greenish rice shaped d...
Follow Wild Scotland