Lontra longicaudis — Overview

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Lontra longicaudis is present from Northwestern Mexico, south into South America; it is the most common otter in Mexico and has the widest distribution of the three S. American Lontra species.

 

The range extends into Uruguay, Paraguay, and across northern Argentina. (Lariviere, 1999)

 

Biogeographic Regions: Nearctic; Nearctic :: Native; Neotropical; Neotropical :: Native

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