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Spotted-necked otter
otter native to sub-Saharan Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[3]
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Spotted-necked otter[1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Hydrictis Pocock, 1921 |
Species: | H. maculicollis |
Binomial name | |
Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein, 1835) | |
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Distribution of spotted-necked otter | |
Synonyms | |
Lutra maculicollis |
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