What is Giant otter?
{{speciesbox | name = Giant otter | image = Giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis).jpg | image_caption = Cuiaba River, [[Mato Grosso do Sul]], [[Brazil]] | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Pteronura | parent_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1837 | species = brasiliensis | authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1788) | range_map = Giant Otter area.png | range_map_caption = Giant otter range }} The '''giant otter''' or '''giant river otter''' (''Pteronura brasiliensis'') is a type of [[otter]]. It is the longest type of [[mustelid]]. It can grow up to 1.7 metres (5.6 ft). The giant otter is [[diurnal]]. It is the noisiest type of otter. The giant otter is the largest type of otter in the world.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA605|title=Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference|last1=Wilson|first1=Don E.|last2=Reeder|first2=DeeAnn M.|date=2005|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-8221-0|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Endangered species]] [[Category:Mustelids]] [[Category:Mammals of South America]] {{biology-stub}}