Spraints

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(sprānts)

n. pl.

The dung of an otter.

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A total of 178 otter spraints and 158 mink scats were collected and analysed between May and October 2007.

Food and feeding habits of Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra, and American mink, Neovison vison, in an Atlantic island of northwest Spain

Evaluation of methods used for diet analysis of the Neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis (Carnivora, Mustelidae) based on spraints.

Analisis tafonomico de huesos de roedores en heces de Lontra longicaudis (Mustelidae, Carnivora) en ambientes riparios

These sweet-smelling droppings, or spraints as they are known, belong to an otter.

No otter animal quite like them; Talk on the wild side with Keith Broomfield Keith's column gives an insight into everyday wildlife and the interesting natural diversity you can expect to see throughout the year in the Aberdeen area as the seasons change

Therefore, we assumed that the spraints collected were representative of the months when electrofishing samples were taken.

Resource availability and use by Eurasian otters Lutra lutra in a heavily modified river-canal system

Water mammals have also suffered greatly, with water vole holes and otter spraints (making recording difficult) being washed away in the heavy floods.

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The use of spraints to survey population of otters (Lutra lutra).

Distribution, Population Status and Habitat Utilization of Common Otter (Lutra lutra) in Neelum Valley, Azad Jammu and Kashmir

The survey's results were based on evidence of the species' distinctive jasmine tea-scented droppings known as spraints, and their five toe footprints.

Otters make triumphant comeback in our cleanest rivers for 30 years; PESTICIDE BAN AIDS RETURN AFTER NEAR EXTINCTION

We search for the fresh-water pools they use for bathing and for spraints (that's otter poo).

DANCING IN THE ISLES; Go wild in the Hebrides and start.

Eight spraints were observed on a piece of land almost 700 m inward from the embankment towards the inside of main reservoir (26o 09' 295" N, 68o 59' 859" E).

STUDY ON SOME MEDIUN-SIZED AND LARGE MAMMALS OF CHOTIARI WETLANDS COMPLEX, SANGHAR, SINDH, PAKISTAN

Otters have left enough prints and spraints in recent months for them to be tracked along this route).

Working for Wildlife

Out in the field all he sees are the spraints (droppings) and tracks in the mud.

Andy's animal magic in otter man empire

The DNA is contained in their droppings, or spraints, and teams working on the project collect fresh samples and send them off for analysis.