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- Title
FIRST RECORD OF AN ELUSIVE PREDATOR: THE SMOOTH-COATED OTTER (Lutrogale perspicillata) FROM VADUVOOR BIRD SANCTUARY, THIRUVARUR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, SOUTHERN INDIA.
- Authors
ARIVOLI, Kanagasabai; NARASIMMARAJAN, Kannadasan
- Abstract
Vaduvoor Bird Sanctuary is one of the oldest bird sanctuaries in the state of Tamil Nadu, spanning over the area of about 128.10 ha. During March and June 2020 camera trap survey was carried-out in the sanctuary to examine the nocturnal animals and their movements. We deployed eight trap cameras randomly within the bird sanctuary. On 14th and 15th March 2020 about 1.30 AM a family of Smooth-coated otter was captured comprising of six adult individuals and no cubs were seen. Till date no otter has been reported from the Vaduvoor Bird Sanctuary. This report presents the first ever information on the new distribution range of the Smooth-coated otters from this region, but extensive surveys are necessary to generate reliable abundance estimates and distribution patterns for otters in this region and neighboring water bodies.
- Subjects
TAMIL Nadu (India); BIRD refuges; OTTERS; NOCTURNAL animals; ANIMAL mechanics; BODIES of water
- Publication
IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 2, p79
- ISSN
1023-9030
- Publication type
Article