Asian Small-Clawed Otter
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| コツメカワウソ | |||
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| AKA | Small-Clawed Otter, Otter, Oriental Small-Clawed Otter
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| Romaji | Kotsume Kawauso
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| Debut | Kemono Friends (2015 Game) | ||
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| Scientific Name | Aonyx cinereus
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| Distribution | Southeast Asia
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| Diet | Piscivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 11-16 years
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| Read More | Asian Small-Clawed Otter
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| Asian Small-Clawed Otter | Anime | Season 2 | Festival (Costume) | Pavilion (Gen 2) | KF3 (V2) | Nexon Game | Gallery |
The Asian Small-Clawed Otter is a mammalian Friend species that debuted in the original Kemono Friends mobile game and later appeared as a character in the Kemono Friends anime. She has since made an appearance in Kemono Friends Pavilion.
Appearance
Otter has short light gray hair that lightens to white on the bangs. Her ears are small and slightly pointed, and she has dark grey eyes. She wears a typical one piece swim suit that has a frilled waist, white on the chest and belly but generally gray. She has long finger-less gloves that come up past her elbow. Her tail closely resembles the actual tail of an otter. Finally, she wears long thigh-high socks along her legs.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | First Appearance | |
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| 2015 | Nexon Game | ↪ Minor character in story, Playable character | |
| 2017 | Kemono Friends (2017 Anime) | ↪ Minor Character | Episode 2 |
| 2017 | Kemono Friends: Comic À La Carte | Minor Character | Page 132 |
| 2019 | Kemono Friends 2 | ↪ Cameo | Episode 2 |
Minor Appearances
Kemono Friends Picross
Asian Small-Clawed Otter appears in a puzzle of Kemono Friends Picross where the player can obtain a picture of the friend by solving a puzzle.
Tobu Japari Park
Asian Small-Clawed Otter appeared in Tobu Japari Park, an interactive promotional collaboration between Kemono Friends and Tobu Zoo.
In Real Life
Living in groups of up to 15 to 20 individuals, Asian Small-Clawed Otters are very vocal and have a vocabulary with at least 12 different vocalizations. These are used for summons, greetings, threats and alarms. In addition, there are multiple forms of delivery: visual, chemical or tactile. Otters use scent markings as well, emitting a musky smell to mark their territory.
Despite being social and living in large groups, otters hunt for themselves, not the entire group. In the wild, otters commonly eat mollusks and crustaceans but their diet also includes : fish, insects, frogs and reptiles. They use their fore-paws to search for food as they have incomplete webbing between the toes. Their sensitive pads let them detect food underwater.
Trivia
- Small-clawed Otters are the smallest of the 13 otter species, they weigh less than 10 pounds on average and measure up to two feet, with their tails being 13 inches.
- They are a very vocal species, and contain a vocabulary of at least twelve different vocalizations used for contact, summons, greetings, threat and alarm calls. These can occur visually or chemically.
- As they are a social species, they live in family groups of up to 15 to 20 individuals. Although they live in groups, they hunt by themselves.
References
1. "Smithsonian's National Zoo". Asian small-clawed otter