298. Lutra sumatrana (Gray, 1865)

Common name: Hairy-nosed Otter

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and possibly in Brunei Darussalam and Laos. In Myanmar, recorded in Kachin State (skin sample record in Gam Majaw in 1939) and Shan State (skin for illegal trade in MongLa in 2014) (Duckworth and Hills 2008; Shepherd and Nijman 2014).

Remarks: This species is an endangered and completely protected species of Myanmar.