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Lutra maculicollis (Spotted-necked otter)
spot-necked otter [English]; kleinotter
[Afrikaans]; Fleckenhalsotter [German]; loutre à cou tachete
[French]; fisi maji mdogo [Swahili]; intini [isiZulu]; lenyebi,
lenyibi, nyebi, konyana yanoka [Setswana]; ntsini [siSwati]; nibi [Lozi];
ungwanda [Yei]
Life
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Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia >
Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) >
Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost
fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia
(terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia
> Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals)
> Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria
> Ferungulata > Ferae > Carnivora > Family:
Mustelidae > Subfamily: Lutrinae
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Spotted-necked otter, Monterey Bay aquarium,
California, USA. [photo
Charlene-SJ ©] |
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Lutra maculicollis (Spotted-necked otter),
Masindi, Uganda. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©] |
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