Yeah they're pretty cute(if you cut their hair...) ;-) and I knew what a maltese was but I didn't realize they were terriers. Apparently they are (just did a google search) but it's weird that they would bring up that archaic term. It'd be like calling an airedale a Waterside Terrier. No one would know what you meant anymore.
Some consider them spaniels.
I had a Maltese. He was the best friend I've ever had. I miss him. Those pictures look just like him. I'd love to have another one, but they are so hard to keep groomed. I don't like the short hair cut, but we did keep the hair around his eyes cut. He wasn't prissy; he thought the bows were sissified. He sounded like a big dog, too. I am convinced he saved me from a home invasion once. The guy couldn't see him; he could only hear him.