What is Eurasian otter?
{{Speciesbox | image = Fischotter, Lutra Lutra.JPG | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |title=''Lutra lutra'' |journal=[[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |publisher=[[IUCN]] |author=Roos, A. |author2=Loy, A. |author3=de Silva, P. |author4= Hajkova, P. |author5=Zemanová, B. |year=2015 |volume=2015 |page=e.T12419A21935287 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T12419A21935287.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12419/21935287}}</ref> | display_parents = 2 | genus = Lutra | species = lutra | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) | range_map = European Otter area.png | range_map_caption = Range map | synonyms = ''Mustela lutra'' <small>Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758</small><br/>''Lutra vulgaris'' <small>[[Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]],&nbsp;1777</small> }} The '''Eurasian otter''' (''Lutra lutra'') is a type of [[otter]]. It is also called the '''European otter''', '''Eurasian river otter''', '''common otter''', and '''Old World otter'''. It is native to [[Eurasia]]. It is found in the [[River|rivers]] and [[Coast|coasts]] of [[Europe]]. It is also found in many parts of [[Asia]], and parts of northern [[Africa]]. The Eurasian otter mainly eats [[fish]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Roos|first1=A.|last2=Group)|first2=Padma Kumari de Silva (Otter Specialist|last3=Group)|first3=Anna Loy (Otter Specialist|last4=Group)|first4=Petra Hajkova (Otter Specialist|last5=Group)|first5=Barbora Zemanová (Otter Specialist|date=2014-06-20|title=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Lutra lutra|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|access-date=2020-09-10|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mustelids]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] [[Category:Mammals of Europe]]