SYNONYMY OF ENHYDRIS LUTRIS. 327 



Enydrls mariua, Licht. Darstell. Sang. 1827, 34, pis. 49, 5Q.—Erman, Reise, , — , pL 11, 



\2.—"Wagn. Gelehrte Anzeigen, i. , 555; Suppl. Schreber, ii. 1841, 274." 



Enhydris marina, Schinz, Syn. 1844, "i^l.—Ctiehel. Saug. 1855, IM.—Qervais, Journ. de Zool. 

 iv. 1875, pp. 200-206 (osteology). 



latax marina, Less. Xouv. Tabl. R. A. 1842, 71. 



Mustela IlltriS, L. S. N". i. 1758, 45, no. 1 (ex Act. Petrop. 1749, 267) ; 1766, 66, no. \.-8chreh. 

 Saug. iii. 1777, pi. 128 (name on plate). — Qm. S. N. i. 1788, 92, no. 1 (excl. var. B, which 

 = hragiUensis).—Turt. S. N. i. 1806, 57. 



PhOCa lutris, Pall. Zoog. R.-A. i. 1831, 100, no. 34. 



Intra lutris, Less. Man. 1827, 155, no. 419.—^/-. Ow). "Diet. Sci. Xat. xxvii. 245"; SappL 

 Bulf. i. 1831, 204.— Is. Geoff. "Diet. Class, ix. ^IQ'\-Fisch. Syn. 1829, 227, no. 7. 



EnhydriS lutris. Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 136, pi. 7 ; Cat. Cam. Br. Mus. 1869, — . 



EnHydra lutris, De Kay, N. Y. Zool. 1842, 41.— Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. 1843, T2.—Gerr, 

 Cat. Bones Br. Mas. 1862, 102. 



Pusa orientaliS, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. Th. iii. Abth. ii. 1816, p. 986. 



Intra stelleri. Less. Man. 1827, 156, no. 423. 



Enydris stelleri, Fisch. Syn. 1829, 229. 



? Intra gracilis, Shaw, G. Z. i. 1800, 447 (based on ''Blender Otter"' of Pennant, Quad. ii. 85., 

 Xorth America, Staten Land). 



? Intra gracilis {sub Pusa), Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. Th. iii. Abth. ii. 1806, 986. 



? Enydris gracilis, Fisch. Syn. 1829, 229 (from Shaw, I. c). 



Meerotter, Steller, " Hamb. Mag. xi. 460, with &g."—MilU. Naturs. i. 1773, 259. 



Seeotter, Hallen, "Naturg. vierf. Th. 1757, 567 ". 



Seebiber oder Seeotter, "■Steller, Kamtsch. 1774, 97 ". 



Seebiber, Milll. " Samml. iii. , 244 ". 



Kamtschatkische Bieber, id. ''ibid. 529". 



Sea Otter, Penn. Syn. Quad. 1771, 241, no. 175 (in part) ; Hist. Quad. 1781, — , no. 230; Arct. 

 Zool. i. 1784, 88, no. 36.— Cooifc, " Third Voy. 1874, ii. 295, pi. 43 ; Meares's Voy. 1790, pp. 241 , 

 260."— Hume (& Menzies, Phil, Trans. 1796, 385.—Scammon, Am, Nat. iv, 1870, 65 (de- 

 tailed biography); "Overland Monthly", iv. 25 (biography); Marine Mamm. 1874, 

 chap, vi. pp. 169-175, woodcuts, pi, xxii, lower fig. (biography, etc). 



Sea Beaver, Krasch. "Hist, Kamts, (Grieve's transl,), 1764, 131." 



Kamtschatskoi Bobr or Bobr morskoi Russian. 



Kaiko, Aliq. 



Kalan, Steller, I. c, Gray, I. c. 



Castor marin, Krasch. " Hist. Kamtsch. , 444 ". 



lontre de mer, Cook, "Third Voy. (French transl.), pi. 43." 



Lontre marine, Besm. I. c, Fr. Cuv. I. c. 



liOntre.du Eamtchatka, Geoffr. "Collect. Mus. d'Hist.Xat."; Lesson, I. e. 



lontre marine a tete blanche, "Diet. Sc. Nat. fasc. vii. pi. 19, f. 2".—Desm. I. c. \ 



Var. 1. marina with a white head, Harl. op. cit 74. 



lontre de %it\\tr, Less. I.e. 



Saricovienne, Buff. "Suppl. vi. 4to, 287" (in part). 



Hab. — The North Pacific. On the American side, south to Lower Califor- 

 nia. 



Specific characters. — Hind feet broad, like a Seal's flippers, the soles 

 furry ; fore feet small, like a Cat's paws, the palms naked ; tail terete, obtuse,, 

 about i the length of head and body. Form massive. Color dark liver- 

 brown, bleaching on the head, everywhere silvered with hoary ends of the 

 longer hairs. Length over all about 4 feet, of which the tail is afoot or less i 

 hind foot about 6 inches long by 4 broad. Girth about 2^ feet. 



Description of external characters,* 



In general superficial aspects, the Sea Otter is not unlike a 

 Seal — a resemblance increased by the flipper-like hind feet. The 



* From No. 9457, Mus. Smiths. Inst., Alaska, Dr. Minor, 



