Hairy-nosed otter
Hair nose viper ( Lutra sumatrana )
The hair nose viper ( Lutra sumatrana ) is a mammal of the marten family. He is the rarest and least explored of the five occurring in East Asia Otter ( subfamily Lutrinae ). Due to human persecution and habitat destruction of the hair nose viper by the IUCN as endangered ( "endangered " ) substance.
Description
Hair nose Notter are medium-sized otter, the body length is about 1.3 m, weight of 7 kg. Between the strong clawed toes complete webbed are formed. The fur is dark brown on the upper side, on the bottom a little brighter. Chin and upper lip are sold hot creamy whitish. The entire nose region is short haired and dark.
Distribution and habitat
The range of the species includes parts of Southeast Asia and is not yet precisely known. Saved evidence has been provided in the last 20 years in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia belonging to part of Sumatra, in the 1980s, also from various other localities in northern Borneo. A historical proof, dedicated to Myanmar before. Perhaps the area of the species, therefore, also includes large parts of Southeast Asia from northeast India east to Vietnam and to the south the Great Sunda Islands.
According to the reports inhabited the swampy bog woodland type, the lower reaches of rivers, seashores and especially mangrove.
Way of life
In a marshy bog woodland in southern Thailand the food to 85.5 % of fish was; other prey species were aquatic snakes, lizards, turtles, mammals and insects. Information on the social behavior and reproduction are so far hardly. The gestation period lasts as with other otters about two months. In the Mekong Delta, the females seem to bring in November and December offspring. Puppies were seen there from December to February and in one case led both parents a cub.
Inventory and risk
The species is very rare in their entire range as seldom to. Between 1998 and 2005, the nose hair Notter was considered lost and there is data on population density previously. The IUCN believes that the stock declined in the last 30 years by up to 50 % and continues to decline, the main danger is human persecution in the entire area of the article as an additional hazards in the few areas with secure deposits Habitat destruction apply by converting into agricultural land, timber harvesting and fires as well as a lack of suitable prey species due to human overuse. The nose hair Notter is classified by the IUCN as endangered, therefore ( "endangered ").