434 LUTRA. 



Southern Otter. 



Type locality. South Carolina. 



Geogr. Distr. Eastern North America from North CaroHna to 

 Alabama and Mississippi. 



h. Lutra canadensis vaga (Bangs). 



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



p. 224. 

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

 II, 1901, p. 352. Zool. Ser. 

 Florida Otter. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Eastern Georgia and Florida. 



c. Lutra canadensis pacifica (Rhoads). 



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



XIX, 1898, p. 429. 

 Lutra canadensis pacifica Elliot, S^m. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 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. Lutj'a canadensis sonora (Rhoads). 



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



XIX, 1898, p. 431. 

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



II, 1901, p. 353, pi. XXXVII. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle 



Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 535, fig. 



Lxxvi. Zool. Ser. 

 Mexican Otter. 



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

 Arizona. 



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



1050. Lutra periclyzomae Elliot. 



Lutra periclyzonuB Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, 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. 



Genl. Char. Skull: size large; intertemporal 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 ; 



