The hairy-nosed otter, Lutra sumatrana, is a semiaquatic mustelid of Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otters. It has short brown fur that is paler on the belly, a rhinarium covered with short dark hair, a whitish upper lip and chin, fully webbed paws with prominent claws, a head and body length of 57.5 to 82.6 centimetres and a weight of 5 to 8 kilograms. It occurs from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo, and is locally extinct in India, Singapore and Myanmar. It mainly lives in lowland flooded and peat swamp forests, in coastal areas and on larger inland rivers, and it eats fish, water snakes, mollusks and crustaceans. It is the rarest otter in Asia, threatened by loss of lowland wetland habitat, hunting for fur and meat, and accidental killing during fishing.
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Source Hairy-nosed otter (Wikipedia)Section: Distribution and habitatQuote, Section: Distribution and habitat
This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.
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Source Hairy-nosed otter (Wikipedia)Section: Distribution and habitatQuote, Section: Distribution and habitat
This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hairy-nosed otter (Wikipedia)Section: Distribution and habitatQuote, Section: Distribution and habitat
This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Hairy-nosed otter (Wikipedia)Section: Distribution and habitatQuote, Section: Distribution and habitat
This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.
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The hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana) is a semiaquatic mammal native to Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otter species.
Section: Ecology and behavior
Its diet includes fish, such as broadhead catfish, snakeheads, and climbing perch, and water snakes, mollusks, and crustaceans.
Section: Ecology and behavior, system
The hairy-nosed otter occurs in coastal areas and on larger inland rivers, solitary or in groups of up to four.
Section: Conservation
The species is threatened by loss of lowland wetland habitats, hunting for fur and meat, and accidental killing during fishing.
Section: Distribution and habitat
This hairy-nosed otter occurs in Southeast Asia from southern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra and Borneo.
In Ecosystem: Tonle Sap, Distribution and habitat
In Cambodia, it was recorded in lowland flooded forest around Tonle Sap Lake.
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