Submitted:
02 July 2019
Posted:
03 July 2019
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Abstract
Here we report recent evidence of the presence of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in the Mercure-Lao River valley, an area of great ecological interest situated in South Italy for which the last otter reports referred to spraints collected in 2002. This work contains information and a selection of photographs of otter footprints and spraints found from October 2005 to January 2019, and photographs of both a cub and an adult otter from the Mercure-Lao River area.
Keywords:
Eurasian otter
; Lutra lutra
; Italian population
; otter
; Italy
; Pollino
; river
; mustelid
; Lao river
; Pollino National Park
; Mercure-Lao River
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