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Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis
Lobito Gargantilla
Family: Mustelidae
Order: Carnivora
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status: Endangered

Other common names: Nutria Gigante.


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Number of Photography: 33

Foto
Photography ID: 654432
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/12/2025
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 547159
♂ ♀  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
08/30/2023
Carlos Schmidt
Foto
Photography ID: 539894
  Adult
Poços de caldas
Minas Gerais
Brazil
04/18/2021
Valquiria Fernanda Luz
Foto
Photography ID: 534508
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/19/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 534507
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/19/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 534506
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/19/2016
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 504315
  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/03/2022
Nino A. Grangetto
Foto
Photography ID: 501005
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/03/2022
Ramon Moller Jensen
Foto
Photography ID: 500514
 Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/03/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500510
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/01/2022
Pablo Eguia
Foto
Photography ID: 500507
  Adult
Porto Jofre
Mato Grosso
Brazil
06/01/2022
Pablo Eguia



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Number of Films: 1


Video ID: 6384
♂ ♀  Adult
Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brasil
09/18/2024
Hugo Caverzasi


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Number of Records: 34



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236914612/09/2025BrazilMato GrossoPorto Jofre, PantanalManuel Godoy
234825824/08/202512:22BrazilMato GrossoCamino sin nombrarMarcelo Gavensky
234657021/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoHotel Mato Grosso, PantanalNicolas Olejnik
234528619/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, Pantanal3Nicolas Olejnik
234331217/08/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio Claro, Pantanal2Nicolas Olejnik
230595013/06/2025BrazilMato GrossoRio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, Pantanal4Nicolas Olejnik
217532118/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, PantanalDario Juan Wendeler
216593518/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, PantanalMiguel Ansenuza
216260118/09/2024BrazilMato GrossoPe Encontro das Aguas, PantanalHugo Caverzasi
182083830/08/2023BrazilMato GrossoPantanalCarlos Schmidt
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.