SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lontra longicaudis
POPULAR NAMES: boy otter, wolf-pe, nourished true MBOA
CLASS: Mammalia.
NATIONAL STATUS: Endangered.
decree No. 1555 dated 10.12.1992 was declared a provincial natural monument. Lives in streams, rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs in South America.
are carnivorous, glossy brown back and lighter underparts. Its body is long, short legs five webbed fingers, cylindrical tail and weighs about 8 kg when adult.
Females have litters of one to five cubs, usually two and three. They move in three different ways:
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Swimmer - diver: swim with ease, splashing through water stunts, which makes them very attractive. *
Walker - runner: to move inside the gallery forest. *
Digger: Use your skills to build their burrows in the coastal cliffs or on the slopes in the jungle of real inundación.Esta otter and nutria, otter or false, are coveted for their skin.
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This, coupled with the disruption of natural ecosystems caused its population regression.
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