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FOOD

SHELTERS

© A. Loy

Territorial, usually solitary and nocturnal

© Jamwal et al. 2016

2016 - First camera trap image of Lutra lutra , Indus river, 3500m asl, Trans-Himalayas

(Jamwal et al., 2016)

Courtesy Pushpinder Jamwal

Protected areas coverage

Number of mammalian species affected by

Schipper et al 2008. Science

Habitat loss and poaching of otters is highest in Asia particularly southeast Asia

habitat loss

harvesting/hunting

Living Planet Index

North Africa – L. l. anguistofrons expected range loss in 2070 under RCP8.5

Cianfrani et al., 2018

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