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Habitat - Africa
Africa
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Angola
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless
Otter, Spotted Necked Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
Otters are killed, but to what degree
it is unknown |
Benin
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in national parks |
| Threats |
no threats |
Botswana
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
Fully Protected |
| Threats |
no major threats |
Burkina Faso
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
Protected in national parks |
| Threats |
human expansion, overhunting |
Burundi
|
| Otters |
Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
unprotected |
| Threats |
no recent information |
Cameroon
|
| Otters |
Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
no recent information |
Central African Republic
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked
Otter |
| Status |
fully protected |
| Threats |
No major threats |
Chad
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
outside parks protected (not found in parks) |
| Threats |
low food, hunting |
Congo
|
| Otters |
Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
no serious threats |
Equatorial Guinea
|
| Otters |
Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
no recent information |
Ethiopia
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
mostly protected |
| Threats |
|
Gabon
|
| Otters |
Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in conservation areas |
| Threats |
no serious threats |
Gambia
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
no recent information |
Ghana
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
pushed out of home |
Guinea
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter |
| Status |
special authority is needed to hunt them. |
| Threats |
mismanagement of natural resources, illegally killed
for meat |
Guinea-Bissau
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter |
| Status |
Unprotected |
| Threats |
no protected areas, traditional hunting |
Ivory Coast
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
increasing human population, loss of habitat |
Kenya
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, spotted-Necked Otters |
| Status |
fully protected |
| Threats |
increasing human population |
Lesotho
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
increased human population |
Malawi
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
Fully Protected |
| Threats |
increase in human population, expansion |
Mali
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
no recent information |
Morocco
|
| Otters |
Eurasian Otter |
| Status |
no recent information |
| Threats |
dams, pollution |
Mozambique
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in reserves, hunting outside reserves is controlled
by legislation |
| Threats |
killed for meat, killed for skins,
lack of law enforcement |
Namibia
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
too little information |
Niger
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
total protection is afforded |
| Threats |
habitat destruction |
Nigeria
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked
Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
increasing human population, poisons |
Rwanda
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked
Otter |
| Status |
protected in two national parks |
| Threats |
loss of habitat |
Senegal
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
no major threats |
Sierra Leone
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
human population increase, increased human activity |
| Threats |
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South Africa
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected, skins may not be sold |
| Threats |
increased human population |
Sudan
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
no major threats |
Swaziland
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
pollution, illegal killing, increased human population |
Tanzania
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in parks. may not be hunted outside parks without
a permit. |
| Threats |
increased human population |
Togo
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted Necked Otter |
| Status |
fully and strictly protected |
| Threats |
dense human population, insecticides |
Tunisia
|
| Otters |
Eurasian Otter |
| Status |
protected |
| Threats |
dams, increased irrigation |
Uganda
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked
Otter |
| Status |
protected in three national parks |
| Threats |
dense human population |
Zaire
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Congo Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked
Otter |
| Status |
protected in national parks, permit is needed to hunt
elsewhere |
| Threats |
more information is needed |
Zambia
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in eight national parks |
| Threats |
no major threats |
Zimbabwe
|
| Otters |
Cape Clawless Otter, Spotted-Necked Otter |
| Status |
protected in national parks |
| Threats |
no major threats |
Source: Otters: An Action Plan for their Conservation; IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group; published 1990
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