NATURAL HISTORY OF THE OTTER 



leaves such a print on Nature's page as does an 

 otter. Four round small toes and, if the soil be 

 favourable, a plain triangle just behind where the 



webbing of the foot has rested." 



No. 4. 



No. 3. 



LEFT FOREFOOT OF OTTER, 

 OPEN, SHOWING INTER- 

 DIGITAL WEBS. 



LEFT FOREFOOT OF OTTER, 

 CLOSED. 



Now an otter like the badger, stoat, weasel, 

 and hedgehog has five toes on each foot, and the 

 marks of the claws or nails are always visible in 

 the footprints. A cat has four toes, armed with 



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