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  Holt of Amblonyx otter
The Eurasian otter is brown furred, with a lighter patch beneath its chin and throat...
The Amblonyx Cinerea is commonly known as Asian small-clawed otter or simply, CUTE...
Known to South Americans as "Lobo del Rio" - the river wolf, The Giant Otter is, as its name suggests, the largest of the world's otters...
www.amblonyx.com   (328 words)

  
  ADW: Amblonyx cinereus: Information
Amblonyx cinereus is found in coastal regions from southern India to the Malay Peninsula and southern China.
Amblonyx cinereus individuals are commonly seen in the shallows of freshwater streams and rivers as well as coastal regions.
Amblonyx cinereus weigh 2.7 to 5.4 kg, have a combined head and body length of 406 to 635 mm, and a tail length of 246 to 304 mm.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Amblonyx_cinereus.html   (749 words)

  
 Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinerea): resting and swimming metabolic rates.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinerea): resting and swimming metabolic rates.This is attributed to high thermoregulatory costs, and high body drag at low Reynolds numbers.
Open-flow oxygen and carbon dioxide respirometry was used in Neumunster Zoo (Germany) to examine the energy requirements of six Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinerea) at rest and swimming voluntarily under water.
Our aim was to compare their energy requirements with those of other warm-blooded species to elucidate scale effects and to test whether the least aquatic of the three otter species differs markedly from these and its larger relatives.
www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/1855465.html   (265 words)

  
 Amblonyx Cinerea - Characteristics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Amblonyx Cinerea is commonly known as Asian small-clawed otter or simply, CUTE.
This is because this species of otter are adapted to hunt in the shallows, so they don't need the ability to swim very fast.
The nose of the Amblonyx Cinerea is like a trapezoid that has a point at the longest flattest side.
www.amblonyx.com /otter/amblonyx/otter_char.htm   (218 words)

  
 Comparative Placentation
Amblonyx pairs mate for life with a gestation period that lasts 60-64 days.
Amblonyx cinerea has 38 chromosomes (Hsu and Benirschke, 1968).
Cyanide toxicity killed two clawless otters in a zoo from having eaten seeds of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) (Weber and Garner, 2002).
medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/clotter.htm   (923 words)

  
 Ring of Bright Water - a close encounter with the otters of Sungei Buloh
Prior to the massive land reclamation schemes and destruction of mangrove habitat which has gone hand-in-hand with Singapore’s economic growth otters were, apparently, once resident in Singapore’s mangrove forests.
Presently, two species of otter are widely distributed in Peninsular Malaysia - the Small-clawed Otter Amblonyx cinereus and it’s larger cousin the Smooth Otter Lutrogale perspicillata.
A family group of the Small-clawed Otter, Amblonyx cinereus (Illiger, 1815) (Carnivora: Mustelidae: Lutrinae), on Pulau Tekong Besar, the second resident wild carnivore in Singapore.
www.ecologyasia.com /html-loc/ring-of-bright-water.htm   (1130 words)

  
 Asian Otter Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Lancaster, W. Exhibiting and breeding the Asian small-clawed otter, Amblonyx cinerea, at Adelaide Zoo.
Further observations on the Oriental short-clawed otter, Amblonyx cinerea, at Aberdeen Zoo.
The Small-clawed otter, Amblonyx cinereus Illiger, 1815 (Carnivora: Mustelidae: Lutrinae), the second resident wild carnivore in Singapore: Report of a family group on Pulau Tekong Besar and of the fate of wildlife there.
otter.nus.edu.sg /biblio/index.html   (1894 words)

  
 Amblonyx Otter Site - Fun and Facts on OTTERS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Check out the Amblonyx Fact Sheets, a FUN way to learn more about otters.
Please spare a few minutes to leave a message for Amblonyx.
Please note we are NOT part of an otter sanctuary, nor are we here to promote a particular zoo or wildlife park.
www.amblonyx.com /otter   (182 words)

  
 CATALOGUE 1-10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It contains 36 depressed tracks of the following species: Anomoepus major Ð the most remarkable consisting of the impressions of all four feet, two heels and a caudal markÐBrontozoum validum, B. Sillimanium, Amblonyx giganteus and A. Lyellianus.
A slab of reddish sandstone, 6° 3' X 2° 7', showing raised tracks of Brontozoum validum and Amblonyx Lyellianus, with rainmarks and vegetable (?) fragments.
Slab, 2° 2' X 1° 4', with single impressions of Brontozoum tuberatum and Amblonyx Lyellianus, and many rainmarks.
www.ldeo.columbia.edu /users/polsen/nbcp/cat.1-10.html   (2014 words)

  
 Otter Joy - Smooth-Coated Otter Classification   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Right from the beginning, this animal has been confused with the Asian Small-Clawed Otter, Amblonyx cinereus, and the Eurasian Otter, Lutra lutra.
According to Harris (1968), the species was first described as Lutra perspicillata by Geoffroy in 1826, although it is possible that he meant the Small-Clawed Otter.
Pohle threw in Amblonyx cinerea perspicillata in 1920, regarding it as a big subspecies of the Asian Small-Clawed Otter.
www.otterjoy.com /OTTERINFO/LUTROGALE/PERSPICILLATA/perspicillata_classification.html   (603 words)

  
 Oriental Small-Clawed Otter - educational resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
or Amblonyx cinereus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened.
ADW: Amblonyx cinereus: Information: Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae Subfamily Lutrinae Species Amblonyx cinereus.
Gunung Palung Orangutan Project: Flora and Fauna:...mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus); Oriental small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus); Hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana); Yellow-throated...
animals.mongabay.com /iucn/NO/Oriental_Small-Clawed_Otter.html   (229 words)

  
 River Otter Alliance - The Hairy-Nosed Otter in Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Immediately, IOSF set up the Sumatrana Fund to raise money to help conserve the only known locality where hairy-nosed otters are still found in the world.
Thailand has four species of otter: the Asian small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus), the smooth-coated otter (Lutra perspicillata), the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), and the hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana).
All of these otters are severely threatened due to the loss of habitat, pollution and disturbance, but it is the hairy-nosed otter that is verging on extinction.
www.otternet.com /ROA/harynosedthai.htm   (496 words)

  
 Amblonyx cinereus or Aonyx cinerea, oriental small-clawed otter - Animals, Mammals at The Natural History Museum, London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Amblonyx cinereus or Aonyx cinerea, oriental small-clawed otter - Animals, Mammals at The Natural History Museum, London
Title: Amblonyx cinereus or Aonyx cinerea, oriental small-clawed otter
Portrait of an oriental small-clawed otter, at a sanctuary in the Peak District, England, U.K. Photograph by Jonathan Ayres.
piclib.nhm.ac.uk /piclib/www/image.php?search=ayres&getnext=88366   (101 words)

  
 Amblonyx (GeoZoo)
> Life > Animalia > Chordata > Vertebrata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Mustelidae > Amblonyx
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www.geozoo.org /Life/Amblonyx   (119 words)

  
 American Zoo and Aquarium Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Otters and their wetland habitats have received considerable attention in the western hemisphere, both from the scientific community and the general public.
However, their status in the wetlands of Asia has remained largely unnoticed in many of the countries in the region, despite the presence of 4 freshwater otter species, namely, the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus), smooth-coated otter (L.
Although the otter is considered the top carnivore in the freshwaters of Asia, general interest is mainly focused on the large mammals inhabiting the region.
www.aza.org /Action/index.cfm?page=view&id=125   (455 words)

  
 Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world
The site offers fact sheets covering the life history and conservation of several species including the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), Asian short-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinerea), and giant Brasilian otter (Pteronura brasiliensis).
Mustelidae; Amblonyx; Lutra lutra ; Amblonyx cinerea; Pteronura brasiliensis; Otters;
Home page of Fauna Europaea, a Europe-wide initiative to develop "a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals".
nature.ac.uk /browse/578.76094.html   (522 words)

  
 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Otter
Otters have long, sensitive whiskers that help them find prey, even in murky water.
Some species, like the Asian small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinereus, also use their hands to probe into mud or under rocks to find a tasty meal that might be hiding there.
They also get small amounts of "treats" for enrichment, like crayfish, worms, potatoes, or yams.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-otter.html   (974 words)

  
 Spotlight on Vet Medicine: Seeing Stones in Small-clawed Otters - National Zoo| FONZ
National Zoo veterinarians diagnose kidney stones in small-clawed otters.
The Asian small-clawed otter (Amblonyx cinereus) is the smallest of the 13 species of otter, weighing just six to 12 pounds and stretching two to three feet from nose to tail tip.
As its name implies, this species, also known as the Oriental small-clawed otter, is native to Asian wetlands from India to the Philippines.
nationalzoo.si.edu /ConservationAndScience/SpotlightonVetMedicine/otterstones.cfm   (392 words)

  
 Protected Areas Programme -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Endemic mammals include Palawan tree shrew Tipaia palawanensis, Palawan porcupine Thecurus pumilis and Palawan stink badger Suillotaxus marchei.
Other mammals include binturong Arctictis binturong, anteater Manis javanicus, oriental small-clawed otter Amblonyx cinerea, palm civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, oriental civet Viverra tangalunga and crab eating macaque Maccaca fasicularis.
Dugong Dugong dugon have been recorded in the marine sectors of the park.
www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/princesa.html   (1671 words)

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