にほんかわうそ
日本川獺
1. Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)Usually written using kana alone
2. Japanese river otterThe Japanese river otter is a variety of otter formerly widespread in Japan. Dating back to the 1880s, it was even seen in Tokyo. The population suddenly shrank in the 1930s, and the mammal nearly vanished. Since then, it has only been spotted several times, in 1964 in the Seto Inland Sea, and in the Uwa Sea in 1972 and 1973. The last official sighting of one was in the southern part of Kochi Prefecture in 1979, when it was photographed in the mouth of the Shinjo River in Susaki.
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Read “Japanese river otter” on English Wikipedia
Read “ニホンカワウソ” on Japanese Wikipedia
Read “Japanese river otter” on DBpedia
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