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Hairy-nosed Otter is entirely brown, except for lips, chin and upper throat, which are whitish. The contact call between otters is a single-syllabic chirp; adult females call to cubs with a staccato chatter.
Large otters are very similar and can be positively distinguished only by close inspection of the nose and fur, or the skull. In this species, skull is flatter than that of Smooth Otter, Lutrogale perspicillataI and has smaller teeth.
Ecology and habitat
The hairy-nosed otter can be found in coastal areas and on larger inland rivers, solitary or in groups of up to four.
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Pairing of male and female may be limited to the breeding period.
Distribution and status
South East Asia: Myanmar, South Thailand, Cambodia, South Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia. Extremely few individuals survive in Vietnam, southern Thailand, Sumatra and Cambodia, being menaced by poaching.
Conservation
The Hairy-nosed Otter is the rarest otter in Asia, most likely verging on extinction in the northern parts of its range and of uncertain status elsewhere.
There are only a few remaining viable populations, widely scattered in region. The first records of Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana from Cambodia with notes on the national status of three other otter species.