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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Lutrinae
--> GENUS Lutra
SPECIES Lutra nippon
| Author: | Imaizumi and Yoshiyuki, 1989. | | Citation: | Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo. Ser. A, 15(3): 178. | | Common Name: | Japanese Otter | | Type Locality: | "Nenokubi Seaside, Shimoda, Nakamura City, Kôchi Prefecture." | | Distribution: | Formerly widely distributed in Japan, now probably extinct. May now only exist on Shikoku Isl (Abe et al., 1997). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. | | Comments: | Distinctiveness of the Japanese otter was supported by Suzuki et al. (1996b). |
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