Smooth Coated Otter
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Smooth Coated Otter

Lutrogale perspicillata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Mudumalai National Park
1 Verified records at Mudumalai National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The smooth-coated otter (Lutra perspicillata) is a freshwater otter species from regions of South and Southeast Asia, with a disjunct population in Iraq, with the majority of its numbers found in Southeast Asia. It has been ranked as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996, as it is threatened by habitat loss, pollution of wetlands and poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. As the common name indicates, its fur is relatively smooth, and somewhat shorter in length than that of other otter species. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mudumalai National Park

Indian Gray Mongoose

Indian Gray Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes edwardsi

30–40% · Possible
Dhole
EN

Dhole

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Cuon alpinus

30–40% · Possible
Common Palm Civet
LC

Common Palm Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

Insufficient data
Stripe-necked Mongoose

Stripe-necked Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes vitticollis

Insufficient data
Ruddy Mongoose

Ruddy Mongoose

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Herpestes smithii

Insufficient data
Tiger
EN Endemic

Tiger

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Panthera tigris

Insufficient data
Small Indian Civet
LC Endemic

Small Indian Civet

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Viverricula indica

Insufficient data
Striped Hyena
NT

Striped Hyena

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hyaena hyaena

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Smooth Coated Otter at Mudumalai National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
40–50%
2 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
30–40%
3 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
4 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
5 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
10–20%
6 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
10–20%
7 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
8 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
9 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
10 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
11 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
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