Aonyx+cinerea

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 * __Animal Classification__**
 * Genus and Species-** Aonyx cinerea
 * Class-** Mammalia
 * Order-**Carnivora
 * Family-** Mustelidae
 * __Common Name-__** Asian small-clawed otter

asian small-clawed otters are vulnerable They were put on the endangered species list because there habitat is being destructed, hunting and pollution Put on endangered list in 2008 [] []
 * __Endangered Species Act__**

The asian small-clawed otter lives in the indian ocean Latitude- 0 degrees - 20 degrees north [|**http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/44166**] []
 * __Ocean living in__**

Ocean temp- 28.5 degrees celcius Salinity- 34 PSS []
 * __Ocean data__**

Earthquakes Tsunami Volcanoes Subduction Sea floor spreading [] [] [] []
 * __Geological Process__**

Low tide- 0.37 meters High tide- 1.07 meters Difference- 0.70 meters Currents- NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT, MOZAMBIQUE CURRENT , ALGUHAS STREAM , WEST WIND DRIFT CURRENT [] []
 * __Currents and Tides__**

Asian small-clawed otter lives in rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters. They spend there life on land and in water but most of the time it is on land. The otters burrow along the edge of the water and have a exit tunnel that goes 3 feet under the water. There habitat is that they live in Mangrove swamps and in Freshwater Wetlands. [] []
 * __Habitat__**

They travel all along the penninsula of malaysia. They mostly are found in southern india and Sri Lanka. they have been found from the Himalayas to Indonesia and from china to South Korea. []
 * __Migration__**

Gestation is about 2 months, 24-30 day estrus cycle with 3 days of cycle. 6 pups usually 1 or 2. [] []
 * __Reproduction__**

The population is decreasing. []
 * __Survival Trends__**

The Asian Small-Clawed Otter is the smallest of the otters with a rounded head and have short tails. There heads are flat and eyes are faced forward. There teeth are used to crush and they also have very strong jaws. They have a thick layer of fat and lots of fur for insulation. They are 25-37 inches long with there tail being the longest at 12 inches with there weight ranging from 5-13 pounds. They are grayish in color fur. [] []
 * __Appearence__**

There have been wetlands of Nations and International importance have been created so that there are protection areas for the Asian Small-Clawed Otter. []
 * __Conservation Efforts__**

The importance of the Asian Small-Clawed Otter is that it consumes crabs that we consider to be agricultural pest. Humans don't fish for them because they have recentlly been put on the endangered list. []
 * __Economic Importance__**

__**Population** Wild Population-__ Unknown __Zoo Population-__ 666 reported in 1997 []

Plant gets eaten by the fish which is eaten by the fist then the asian small-clawed sea otter eats the fish then there eaten by a seal who is eaten by a shark
 * __Food Chain__**

1. Be able to maintain pollution along the coast of the areas they live in 2. Keep setting up protected areas secure for them to be in 3. Make sure the abundance of food for them doesnt slowly disappeering also since there is already little food
 * __Solutions__**

skull- large and sturdy hind foot- long and webbed good as a flipper tail-short rounded large jaw- good or crushing shelfish []
 * __Anatomy__**

1. Why were they put on the endangered species list? 2. What habitat do they live in? 3.What is the average height and weight of the Asian small-clawed otter?
 * __Questions__**