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LUTRA. OTTER- 



Generic Character. 



Denies 'lit in genere antece- 



dente. 

 Pedes palmati. 



Teeth as in the preceding ge- 



nus. 



Feet webbed. 



X HE Otters or Lutrce. agree with the animals of 

 the last genus, and particularly with those of the 

 division entitled Mustelce, in their general cha- 

 racter, but are furnished with webbed feet. 



COMMON OTTER. 



Lutra Vulgaris. L, fusca plantis nudis, cauda corpore dimidio 



breviore. 



Brown O. with naked feet, and tail half the length of the body. 

 Mustek Lutra. M, plantis palmatis nudis, cauda corpore dimidio 



breviore. Ian. Syst. Nat. p. 66. 

 Lutra. Gem. Quadr.p. 775. Aldr. dig. p. 292. 

 Loutre. Buff. "/.p. 134. pi. ii. 

 Greater Otter. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 77. 



THE common Otter is found in almost every 

 part of Europe, as well as in the colder regions of 

 Asia; inhabiting the banks of rivers, and feeding 



