100 MXTSTELIDJE. 



Viverra cuja, Sliatv, Gen. Zool. i. p. 433. 



Viverra quiqui, Shaw, Zuol. i. p. 432. 



Galictis vittata, Bell, Trans. Zool. Sac. ii. p. 203, t. 35. 



Galictia Allaniandii, Hell, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 204, t. 37. 



Grisonia vittata, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 122. 



Grison, Buffon, H. N., ei. Allam. xv. p. 65, t. 5 ; F. Cuv. Mamm. 



Lith. t. 

 Fouine de la Guyaue, Buff. H. N. Suppl. iii. p. 170, t. 22 & 25. 

 La cuja, Molini, Chili, p. 258. 

 Petit furet, Azara, Essai, i. p. 190. 



Hab. Tropical and South America. 



Tribe II. LUTRINA. 



Head depressed. Feet normal, subdigitigrade ; toes webbed. 

 Tail thick, tapering, depressed. Teeth normal ; flesh-tooth acutely 

 tubercular ; tubercular grinders oblong, large. The nose convex 

 and hairy beneath, without any central bald longitudinal groove. 

 Aquatic. 



Lutrina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 123. 

 Lutrinse, Baird, M. N. A. p. 183. 



The first upper false grinder is small, subcylindrical, placed on 

 the inner side of the canine tooth ; it is often lost early ; it is 

 sometimes to be seen on one side and not on the other ; it is nor- 

 mally present in all the species, when perfect. The flesh-tooth of 

 the Otters presents two very distinct forms : in some the inner lobe 

 is moderate, its length only equalling about two-thirds of the outer 

 part of the tooth ; in others it is much larger, equal to the whole 

 length of the outer portion of the tooth. The absolute size of the 

 tooth seems to vary in the different species, and also in the different 

 specimens of the same species, as is also the case with the ujjper 

 tubercular grinder. 



A. Tail simjile, conical, depressed, rounded on the sides. 



t The palms and soles of the feet bald between the pads ; the palm-pads 

 without any small circular tvarts on their hinder edges. 



* Muzzle entirely covered with hair ; the upper inargin of the nostrils 

 only bald. 



9. BAEANGIA. 



The nose entirely covered with hair ; the narrow upper edge of 

 the nostril only bare ; ears short, rounded, hairy. Toes 5/5, rather 

 elongate, broadly webbed, well covered with hair above ; claws dis- 

 tinct, exposed, and blunt at the end. Palms and soles bald ; the 

 pads of the toes small, the central pads scarcely separated ; the 

 wrist-pad large and oblong. Tail conical, depressed, covered with 

 hair. Skull elongate ; orbit very imperfect, only defined by a slight 

 prominence on the upper and lower edges ; nasal and maxillary 



