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Indian Smooth-coated Otter

Lutra perspicillata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 75, February 53, March 65, April 52, May 46, June 53, July 45, August 61, September 45, October 57, November 38, December 60.
Singapore650
Malaysia437
Johor287
India233
EAST REGION186
WEST REGION109
Assam69
NORTH REGION69
Thailand57
Karnātaka50

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderCarnivorans · Carnivora
FamilyMustelids · Mustelidae
GenusOld World and Clawless Otters · Lutra

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