434 LUTRA. 



SOUTHERN OTTER. 



Type locality. South Carolina. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern North America from North Carolina to 

 Alabama and Mississippi. 



/>. Lnjf<t cti imdi'iixi x roo'tt (Bangs). 



Lutra hudsonica vaga Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1898, 



p. 224. 

 Lntra cdiiadcusis raga Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



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

 FLORIDA OTTER. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Eastern Georgia and Florida. 



c. Lut ni ctiintdciixix i><i<-ijic(t (Rhoads). 



Lutra hudsonica pacifica Rhoads, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., N. S., 



xix, 1898, p. 429. 

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



Pub., n, 1901, p. 353. Zool. Ser. 

 PACIFIC OTTER. 



Type locality. Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County. Washington. 

 Altitude, 8,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific slopes. California to Alaska. 



d. Ltit i'n en ntidi'iixi x xniinrn (Rhoads). 



f.ntni hudsonica sonora Rhoads, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., N. S., 



xix, 1898, p. 431. 

 Lutra niiiddcusis sonora Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 



n, 1901, p. 353, pi. xxxvii. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle 



Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. n, 1904, p. 535, fig. 



L xx vi. Zool. Ser. 

 MEXICAN OTTER. 



Type locality. Montezuma Well, Beaver Creek, Yavapai County, 

 Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sonora, Mexico, to Wyoming. 



1050. Lutra pericly/.oma; Elliot. 



I.nlra periclyzdmcB Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. \Y;ish., xvm, 1905, p. 80. 

 SEA-GIRT OR ISLAND OTTER. 



Type locality. From Gawi, west coast of Moresby Isl., Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. No. 491, Field Colum- 

 bian Mus., Chicago. 



Gcnl. Char. Skull: sixc large; intcrtcmporal region long and nar- 

 row, greatly constricted for its entire length; in young animals this 

 constriction is not so apparent. Rostrum short and very broad; 



