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Oriental Small-clawed Otter

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Oriental Small-clawed Otter
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:Animalia
:Chordata
:Mammalia
:Carnivora
:Mustelidae
:Lutrinae
: Amblonyx
: cinereus
Binomial name
Amblonyx cinereus
(Illiger, 1815)

Oriental Small-clawed Otters are the smallest otters in the world. They feed on mollusks, crabs and other small aquatic animals. These otters are found in mangrove swamps and in freshwater wetlands. Oriental Small-clawed Otters are found in Indonesia, Southern China, Southern India, the Philippines and Southeast Asia.


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07-14-2008 23:18:10
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