New issues: Austria - "Animals - brook trout and otter"

The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (sometimes called the eastern brook trout) is a species of fish in the salmon family of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior are known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters. Though commonly called a trout, the brook trout is actually a char, along with lake trout, bull trout, Dolly Varden and the Arctic char.

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Otters are semi-aquatic (or in one case aquatic) fish-eating mammals. The otter subfamily Lutrinae forms part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, as well as others. With thirteen species in seven genera, otters have an almost worldwide distribution. They mainly eat aquatic animals, predominantly fish and shellfish, but also other invertebrates, amphibians, birds and small mammals.

Tehnical details:
Self adhesive stamps in a set of 10.
Release Date: 2010-01-08
Number of Copies: 500.000
Printing Style: Offset
Design: Hannes Margreiter
Printed by: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei GmbH
Type: Self Adhesive Stamps

Postal Authority Austria