Scientists discover large extinct otter

Monday, January 23, 2017 - 13:41 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A large extinct otter, Siamogale melilutra, has been found in the Miocene Shuitangba site in northeastern Yunnan Province in China. The new prehistoric otter was the size of a modern wolf and is one of the largest otter species known to science.

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