What is Smooth-coated otter?
{{speciesbox | name = Smooth-coated otter | image = Smooth-coated Otter (14157590954).jpg | image_caption = in Borneo, Malaysia | status=VU | status_system =IUCN3.1 | status_ref =<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Lutrogale perspicillata'' |last1=de Silva |first1=P. |last2=Khan |first2=W.A. |last3=Kanchanasaka |first3=B. |last4=Reza Lubis |first4=I. |last5=Feeroz |first5=M. M. |last6=Al-Sheikhly |first6=O.F. |date=2015 |page=e.T12427A21934884 |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref> | genus = Lutrogale | species = perspicillata | authority = ([[Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], 1826) | synonyms = ''Lutra perspicillata'' | range_map = Smooth-coated Otter area.png | range_map_caption = Smooth-coated otter range }} [[File:Planete Sauvage 20180608 06.webm| thumb |Lutrogale perspicillata]] The '''smooth-coated otter''' (''Lutrogale perspicillata'') is a type of [[otter]]. It is found in [[India]] and [[Southeast Asia]], and in [[Iraq]]. It is a [[vulnerable species]]. It is threatened by [[Habitat destruction|habitat loss]], [[pollution]] of [[Wetland|wetlands]] and [[poaching]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Group)|first1=Padma Kumari de Silva (Otter Specialist|last2=Indonesia)|first2=Irwansyah Reza Lubis (Wetland International-|last3=Group)|first3=Waseem Ahmad Khan (Otter Specialist|last4=Group)|first4=Budsabong Kanchanasaka (Otter Specialist|last5=Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz (Jahanginager University|first5=Bangladesh)|last6=Omar Al-Sheikhly (University of Baghdad|first6=Baghdad|date=2014-06-14|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lutrogale perspicillata|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2020-09-10|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mustelids]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] [[Category:Vulnerable species]]