Acknowledgements

The information in the Otters of the World was put together from various sources listed below.  The data is "organic" in that it is ongoing and information will be added as it is made available to us.

* IOSF country files built up over the years from personal contacts and projects we have funded.

* IUCN Otter Specialist Group bulletins

* 1990 Otters an Action Plan for Conservation

* 2000 Conservation and Public Awareness Conference in Taiwan, Asia.

* 1998 The Distribution of the Eurasian Otter - a review by Jim Conroy and Paul Chanin