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Hairy-nosed Otter
Lutra sumatrana
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Genus
- Lutra
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Myanmar|Laos?|Thailand|Cambodia|Vietnam|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Head and body 57.5–82.6cm
- Range
- Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei
The hairy-nosed otter is a semiaquatic mammal of Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otter species. It has short brown fur that is paler on the belly, a rhinarium fully covered with short dark hair, and a whitish upper lip and chin; some individuals are reddish-chestnut. The body is long, the tail slender and the fully webbed paws have prominent claws. Head and body length is 57.5–82.6 cm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is threatened by loss of natural resources and by poaching (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)