Presumed Extinct: World's Smallest Otter Found in Busy Nepal River After 186 Years without a Sighting

Presumed Extinct: World's Smallest Otter Found in Busy Nepal River After 186 Years without a Sighting

Though officially classified as vulnerable, no credible sighting of the Asian short-clawed otter, the smallest species of its kind, has been made in almost 200 years. So when forestry officials in Nepal found an injured, juvenile otter at the confluence of two major rivers last November, they never imagined that their actions might determine the […] The post Presumed Extinct: World’s Smallest Otter Found in Busy Nepal River After 186 Years witho…