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Neotropical Otter

Lontra longicaudis

Description:

Is an otter species found in Central America, South America and the island of Trinidad. It is listed as endangered, according to CITES.

Habitat:

Found in many different riverine habitats, including deciduous and evergreen forests, savannas, llanos and pantanal.

Notes:

Photographed at the Zoo.

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7 Comments

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Thats so cute!

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

They spent all day next to each other, so he was probably smiling :)

peter
peter 12 years ago

Looks like he's smiling :)

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

The otter is so cute!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

NICE............

Carolina
Carolina 13 years ago

Thank you Sarah!

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 13 years ago

Awesome photo, Carolina!!!!

Carolina
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Carolina

Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Spotted on Nov 30, 2010
Submitted on Apr 22, 2011

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