First Recent Record of Hairy-Nosed Otter in Sumatra, Indonesia

On route to a regular meeting with officials in Sekayu, Sumatra, the author found a road casualty hairy-nosed otter (Lutra sumatrana). This is the first record of the animal on its eponymous island since an unreliable one in the 1960s. Photographs and measurements of the specimen, which has been preserved, are presented. Local officials intend to use the existence of this species as a flagship for their conservation efforts.