RECENT RECORDS OF THE EURASIAN OTTER (Lutra lutra) IN THE MERCURE-LAO RIVER VALLEY, SOUTH ITALY

Here we report recent evidence of the presence of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in the
Mercure-Lao River valley, an area of great ecological interest situated in South Italy
for which the last otter reports referred to spraints collected in 2002. This work
contains information and a selection of photographs of otter footprints and spraints
found from October 2005 to January 2019, and photographs of both a cub and an
adult otter from the Mercure-Lao River area.