Talk:Eurasian otter

message: Is there a source for using "European" otter as the name for this species in English?  It may be the only otter in Europe, but it's an odd name for a species also occurring in North Africa and all the way to Japan...  It is in widespread use, but is by no means the only name by which the animal is known.
The alternative names given in the article are Eurasian River Otter, Common Otter, and Old World Otter (in practice in the British Isles it's most commonly just called "otter").  All of these also seem unsatisfactory – it's not just found in rivers, it's not always common, and there are many other otters in the Old World.
"Eurasian otter" seems to be a very widely used name, which avoids most (all?) of these problems.
If the use of "European otter" has not been assigned formally (which I don't think it has), I suggest that the name of this article is changed to "Eurasian otter" – unless someone can come up with something better?--Richard New Forest 22:13, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No comments for several weeks, so move done & rename tag removed.  Redirect pages corrected, and name corrected in Otter.--Richard New Forest (talk) 21:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The name of the article has just been changed back to "European otter", without discussion.  In the light of the points I made above, this seems strange...  Can we now discuss please.  Richard New Forest (talk) 16:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See discussion below, and at User talk:Tombstone#Eurasian badger, Eurasian otter.  Richard New Forest (talk) 09:50, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Name of species (and article)

message: Typical size and weight are missing. David.Monniaux (talk) 22:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing data 

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message: Eurasian otter#Distribution and habitat says "in the western regions of Spain and Portugal", but the cited source does not seem to confirm. --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 01:27, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: "Though currently thought to be extinct in Liechtenstein and Switzerland" – but the cited source (whether https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12419/164578163 or https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12419/218069689) says something else. --NGC 54 (talk｜contribs) 11:54, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual errors regarding distribution