What is Spotted-necked otter?
{{Speciesbox | name = Spotted-necked otter<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Wozencraft | id=14001095}}</ref> | image = Spotted-necked otter 1.jpg | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn_status>{{Cite iucn | author = Reed-Smith, J. | author2 = Jacques, H. | author3 = Somers, M.J. | name-list-style = amp | title = Hydrictis maculicollis | volume = 2015 | page = e.T12420A21936042 | date = 2015 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T12420A21936042.en | access-date = 14 December 2017}}</ref> | genus = Hydrictis | parent_authority = [[Reginald Innes Pocock|Pocock]], 1921 | species = maculicollis | authority = ([[Martin Lichtenstein|Lichtenstein]], 1835) | synonyms = ''Lutra maculicollis'' | range_map = Spotted-necked Otter area.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of spotted-necked otter }} The '''spotted-necked otter''' (''Hydrictis maculicollis'') is a type of [[otter]]. It is also called the '''speckle-throated otter'''. It is native to [[sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57557352|title=Mammal species of the world : a taxonomic and geographic reference|date=2005|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|others=Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn M.|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|edition=3rd|location=Baltimore|oclc=57557352}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mustelids]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]] [[Category:Near threatened species]]