Species

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names:

saarmas

Metazoa ❯Bilateria ❯Chordata ❯Vertebrata ❯Mammalia ❯Theria ❯Eutheria ❯Laurasiatheria ❯Carnivora ❯Mustelidae ❯Lutra ❯Lutra lutra

III protection category. Regional IUCN Red List category: Least Concern.

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Occurrences

Total records	1167 ( 1122 observations, 37 specimens, 8 refbased )
Total species	1
Records in Estonia	1143 ( 1122 observations, 13 specimens, 8 refbased )
Species in Estonia	1
First occurrence in Estonia	1942-05-07
Latest occurrence in Estonia	2026-10-25
First occurrence in Estonia this year	2026-01-07

Species lists

Estonian species,

Protected species of Estonia, category III,

Red List species in Estonia,

Red list: Least Concern

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Accepted name

Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

Ūdrs Latvian,

saarmas Estonian,

oter Norwegian Bokmål,

oter Norwegian Nynorsk

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