Smooth-coated otter - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smooth-coated otter | |
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in Borneo, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Lutrogale |
Species: | L. perspicillata |
Binomial name | |
Lutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826) | |
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Smooth-coated otter range | |
Synonyms | |
Lutra perspicillata |
The smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) is a type of otter. It is found in India and Southeast Asia, and in Iraq. It is a vulnerable species. It is threatened by habitat loss, pollution of wetlands and poaching.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ de Silva, P.; Khan, W.A.; Kanchanasaka, B.; Reza Lubis, I.; Feeroz, M. M.; Al-Sheikhly, O.F. (2015). "Lutrogale perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T12427A21934884. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- ↑ Group), Padma Kumari de Silva (Otter Specialist; Indonesia), Irwansyah Reza Lubis (Wetland International-; Group), Waseem Ahmad Khan (Otter Specialist; Group), Budsabong Kanchanasaka (Otter Specialist; Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz (Jahanginager University, Bangladesh); Omar Al-Sheikhly (University of Baghdad, Baghdad (2014-06-14). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lutrogale perspicillata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-09-10.