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  • Asian Small-clawed Otter, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Cloudtail the Snow Leopard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Joachim S. Müller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Mathieu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) nz_willowherb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) nz_willowherb, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Tim Ellis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Asian Small-clawed Otter

Lutra cinerea

IUCN Red List status: Vulnerable

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide
1,131 observations
Group
Mammals

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iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus), also called oriental small-clawed otter and small-clawed otter, is an otter species native to South and Southeast Asia. It has short claws that do not extend beyond the pads of its webbed digits. With a total body length of 730 to 960 mm (28.6 to 37.6 in), and a maximum weight of 3.5 kg (7.7 lb), it is the smallest otter species.

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