PUTORIUS. LUTRA. 4:;:! 



a. Pittoi'inx tTojticdUx jx'rdux Merriam. 



Putorius tropicalis perdus Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xv, 1902, 

 p. 67. Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. 

 Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 531. Zool. Ser. 

 TEAPA WEASEL. 



Type locality. Teapa, State of Tabasco, Mexico. 

 Geogr. Distr. Known only from the type locality. 



1048. Putorius af finis (Gray). 



Mustela affinis Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th Ser., xiv, 1874, 



P- 375- 

 Putorius affinis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. &- W. Indies, F. C. M. 



Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 534. Zool. Ser. 

 ALLIED WEASEL. Collaraja in Costa Rica. 

 Type locality. Colombia. 

 Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica south into South America. 



Subfamily III. Lutrinae. 



Genus 131. Lutra. Otters. 



Lutra Briss., Regn. Anim., 2d ed., 1762, p. 201. Type Mustela lutra 



Linnaeus. 



Lataxina Gray, List. Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, PP- XXI - 7- 



Lataocia Gerv., Hist. Nat. Mamm., n, 1855, p. 118. 



1049. Lutra canadensis (Schreber). 



Mustela lutra canadensis Schreb., Saugth., 1776, pi. cxxvi B; 



Text, 1778. 



Mustela (Lutra) canadensis Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, No. 337. 

 Lutra hudsonica F. Cuv., Suppl. Buff on, i, 1831, p. 194. 

 Lutra canadensis Aud. & Bachm., N. Am. Quad., in, 1853, p. 97, 

 pi. cxxn (Lataxina niollis Gray). Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., n, 1901, p. 352. Zool. Ser. 

 CANADA OTTER. 



Type locality. Eastern Canada. Exact locality unknown. 

 Geogr. Distr. Eastern North America, north of North Carolina 

 on the Atlantic coast. 



a. Lnti'ft cttiif/ffcjisis latti.vi IKI (F. Cuvier). 



Lutra lataxina F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., xxvn, 1823, p. 242. 

 Lutra canadensis lataxina Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., n, 1901, p. 352. Zool. Ser. 



