Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata). Native to southern and SE Asia, Iraq. Largest otter species in Asia. Vulnerable.

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Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata). Native to southen and SE Asia; India, China; small population may still exist in Iraq. Trained by fishermen in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Largest otter species in Asia. Vulnerable. See, 'Ring of Bright Water', Gavin Maxwell 1960.

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