Everything about Amblonyx totally explained
The
Oriental Small-clawed Otter,
Aonyx cinerea also known as
Asian Small-clawed Otter is the smallest
otter in the world.
The Oriental Small-clawed Otter is found in
mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands of
Bangladesh, southern
India,
China,
Taiwan,
Indochina,
Peninsular Malaysia,
Indonesia and the
Philippines,preferring to live near water.
The full grown otters measure approximately 0.9m from nose to tail tip, and can weigh up to 5kg.They feed on fish, frogs, crabs, crayfish and shellfish.
These otters are especially distinct for their forepaws, as the claws don't extend above the fleshy end pads of their toes and fingers. These attributes give them human-like proficiency and coordination to the point which they can use their paws to feed on
mollusks,
crabs and other small aquatic
animals.
The Oriental Small-clawed Otter lives in extended family groups with only the alpha pair breeding and previous offspring helping to raise the young.
Due to ongoing habitat loss, pollution and hunting in some areas, the Oriental Small-clawed Otter is evaluated as Near Threatened on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
This species was formerly thought to be the only member of the genus
Amblonyx, however it has recently been confirmed as
Aonyx after mitochrondrial DNA analysis (Koepfli and Wayne, 1998). There also have been issues with the species name for the Oriental Small-clawed Otter and can be found as
cinereus and
cinerea. However the current IUCN name is
Aonyx cinereus, while "Mammal Species of the World" lists it as
cinerea.
Video
Gallery
Image:Amblonyx_cinereus.jpg|Group sleeping at the National Zoo in Washington, DC
Image:Aonyx-cinerea_2.jpg|Swimming asian small-clawed otter
Image:Otters at feeding time 2004 SMC.jpg|Adult and young Asian Small-clawed Otters at feeding time in Edinburgh Zoo
Image:Oriental Small-clawed Otters at Edinburgh Zoo.jpg|Adult and young Asian Small-clawed Otters feeding
Image:Zwergotter-Porträt.jpg
Image:Amblonyx cinereus Zoo.jpg|Otters at the National Zoo & Aquarium, Canberra
Image:Two_Oriental_Small-Clawed_Otters.jpg|Two Oriental Small-Clawed Otters at the,
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