hairy nosed otter
Surveying and monitoring distribution and population trends of the giant otter - Guidelines for a standardisation of survey methods as recommended by the Giant Otter Section of the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group.
Surveying and monitoring distribution and population trends of the Eurasian otter - Guidelines and evaluation of the standard method for surveys as recommended by the European Section of the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group.
Giant otter monitoring practices constitute another example of species- and region-specific adaptations in survey techniques. The fact that so many of the studies I cited in this paper are from the IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin is in itself a demonstration that the Otter Specialist Group is successful in its goal of guiding and promoting research on all otter species, to improve our knowledge about otter ecology, conservation, and monitoring practices.
Habitats, distribution and population density otter survey in the Western Rhodopes Mountain . Even if ROBSON and HUMPHREY ROBSON and HUMPHREY opnbrkt1985clsbrkt convincingly demonstrated the inefficacy of scent stations as a monitoring method for the river otter, scent stations remain a potential method for monitoring other species of otters, until we have scientific data that motivate us to drop that technique altogether when otters in general are concerned.
The first records of Hairy-nosed Otter Lutra sumatrana from Cambodia with notes on the national status of three other otter species.
They live in areas of peat swamp forest, reed meadows, canals, shallow coastal waters, and mangrove forests
U.S.-based Conservation International is working with Cambodia to extend a fish sanctuary at Tonle Sap Lake to include vital otter habitat. CI added that it’s not just global warming that poses threats to the species.
“Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade,” it stated. “In the Tonle Sap region,” CI added, “otters are often killed by poor fishermen who consider them pests because otters sometimes break their fishing nets and traps and steal their catch.
CI has several activities at Tonle Sap to protect the otters there, including research and monitoring, training of local law enforcement rangers, education and awareness for local communities and schools, and discussion groups with local fishing communities to address human-otter conflicts. In the Tonle Sap region, otters are often killed by poor fishermen who consider them pests because otters sometimes break their fishing nets and traps and steal their catch.
Conservation International and Cambodia’s Fishery Administration are working together to extend the Kampong Prak fish sanctuary at Tonle Sap Lake up to 20,000 hectares to include vital otter habitat.
A partner of CI, the International Otter Survival Fund has with the help of CI raised the funds needed for the new enclosure and to ensure food and care for the otters at the rescue center.
The IUCN Otter Specialist Group considers this otter species to be the world’s rarest, and all evidence currently indicates that it will be in a highly threatened category. The new listing status will make this species a higher priority for protection and conservation funding.
Otters in Asia are increasingly threatened by the illegal international fur trade. Dara, the world’s only captive hairy-nosed otter, is one of the rarest of otter species.
CI scientists have been researching otters in Cambodia since 2006, and Olsson is leading the 2008 review of the hairy-nosed otter for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Thought to be extinct in the 1990s, the hairy-nosed otter is known to survive only in a few regions of Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Sumatra.
People Linked To New Sea Otter Diseases People Linked To New Sea Otter Diseases - The California sea otter is in trouble and people may inadvertently be part of the problem. Nearly half of sea otter deaths are associated with infectious diseases and several of these may be.
Parasite In Cats Killing Sea Otters Parasite In Cats Killing Sea Otters - Offering a partial explanation to a mysterious decline in Southern Sea Otter population, California Sea Grant researchers have established a strong body of circumstantial evidence linking cats to a.
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Lutra sumatrana is the hairy-nosed otter, possibly the rarest species in the world.
The hairy-nose is very similar in shape and size to the Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra.
Local names include Berang-berang berkumis and Babi air .
