Asian Short Clawed Otters

The Asian Short Clawed Otter

The smallest of the nineteen species of otter

This is the smallest of the nineteen species of otter and is found in many parts of Southern Asia and Indonesia inhabiting paddy fields, lowland streams and marshes and estuaries.

Sleeping Asian Short Clawed Otter at Otters and Butterflies, Devon

They feed on small crabs, molluscs, and small fish, which they find by probing in the mud and under pebbles with their paws. This probing habit makes them unpopular with rice growers because they uproot the growing plants but at the same time they eat lots of small crabs that are a pest in the rice fields.

Asian Short Clawed Otter at Otters and Butterflies, Devon
Swimming Asian Short Clawed Otter

DID YOU KNOW?

These guys are real show offs at feeding time!

BOOK YOUR VISIT NOW