🦡Smooth-coated otter
The smooth-coated otter is a freshwater otter species from regions of South and Southwest Asia, with the majority of its numbers found in Southeast Asia. It has been ranked as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996, as it is threatened by habitat loss, pollution of wetlands and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. As the common name indicates, its fur is relatively smooth, and somewhat shorter in length than that of other otter species.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 8.96 kg
- Body length
- 0.8 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Smooth-coated otter
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass8.96 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.8 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass67 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.6 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation63 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 63 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range5.31 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4.42 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Smooth-coated otter yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusLutrogale
- ›speciesLutrogale perspicillata
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- subfamilyLutrinae
- genusLutrogale
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyLutrinae
- genusLutrogale
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