10 Facts About Eurasian otter

Eurasian otter, known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia.

The Eurasian otter has a diet mainly of fish, and is strongly territorial.

Eurasian otter is a typical species of the otter subfamily.

However, the Eurasian otter is the only otter in much of its range, so it is rarely confused for any other animal.

Eurasian otter is the most widely distributed otter species, its range including parts of Asia and Africa, as well as being spread across Europe, south to Palestine.

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In Syria, the Eurasian otter was recorded in montane creeks in Latakia and Raqqa Governorates and in the lower Euphrates valley in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.

The Eurasian otter uses its feces, called spraints, to mark its territory and prioritize the use of resources to other group members.

Extinct Japanese otter is sometimes considered a subspecies; recent studies have found it to fall outside the subspecific clades comprising L lutra, so it has been reclassified as a distinct species, but significant uncertainty remains.

Eurasian otter declined across its range in the second half of the 20th century primarily due to pollution from pesticides such as organochlorine and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Eurasian otter populations are now recovering in many parts of Europe.