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Smooth-coated otter

Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Lutrinae
Genus : Lutrogale

Facts about the genus Lutrogale, the smooth-coated otter

In Water The Smooth-Coated Otter is a proficient and ready swimmer, able to travel in water for long distances.

The nose of the smooth-coated otter is something like an upside-down "V" or a squashed diamond shape.

The Smooth-Coated Otter is a hefty fishing otter.

Due to the environmental damage, the smooth-coated otter is considered extinct, some 40 species of waterfowl and migratory birds from Siberia to South Africa are threatened and fish populations in the northern Gulf -- which depend on the marshlands for spawning grounds -- have experienced sharp declines, UNEP said. (Full text)

Scientists say the major ecological changes have put an estimated 40 species of waterfowl at risk, while mammals unique to the region, such as the smooth-coated otter, are now considered extinct. (Full text)

Prionailurus viverrinus Fishing Cat; Aonoyx cinerea oriental Small clawed otter; Lutra perspicillata Smooth coated otter are found in the hill streams and their estuaries. (Full text)

The Smooth-coated Otter is the commonest species although numbers are shrinking. (Full text)

Good areas for the Smooth coated otter are Haleji, Hadero, kennjhar lake bufferzone, Zangi Nawar Lake,Ucchali, Khabbika, Jalar lake bufferzone,The Sind and Mekran coast, Indus Delta and River system and Rawal Lake. (Full text)

The India Smooth-Coated Otter is medium to large in size. (Full text)

The smooth-coated otter is essentially an otter of lowlands. (Full text)

The smooth-coated otter is distributed throughout southern Asia from Indonesia through southeast Asia, and westwards through southern China and India, with an isolated population in Iraq (L. (Full text)

The smooth-coated otter is distributed throughout southern Asia from Indonesia through Southeast Asia, and westwards through southern China and India, with an isolated population in Iraq (L. (Full text)

The occurrence of Lutrogale is important as this species is believed to be rare in Java. (Full text)

otter Lutra perspicillata Geoffroy, 1826 Distribution The smooth-coated otter is distributed throughout southern Asia from Indonesia, through southeast Asia, and westwards through southern China, India and Pakistan, with an isolated (Full text)

The tiger, clouded leopard, Asian elephant, Assamese macaque, bear macaque, capped leaf monkey, wild dog, sloth bear, and smooth-coated otter are threatened species (IUCN 2000). (Full text)