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SARICOVIENNE. 



Lutra Saricovienna. L. grisea albo maculata. 



Grey O. spotted with black. 



La petite Loutre d'eau douce de Cayenne. Buff, suppl. 3. p. 159. 



pi. 22. 



Saricovienne. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 82. 



THIS is said to be of the size of a Cat, with a 

 fur as fine as velvet, grey, patched with black : 

 the flesh is said to be very delicate. It is a na- 

 tive of South America, inhabiting rivers. 



SLENDER OTTER. 



Lutra gracilis. L.fusca, corpore longissimo. 

 Brown O. with extremely slender body. 

 Slender Otter. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 85. 



THE length of this species, from the nose to 

 the tip of the tail, is four feet four inches ; of the 

 tail about thirteen inches; the diameter of the 

 body, so far as could be guessed from the dried 

 skin, scarcely more than four inches and a half: 

 the fore legs about three inches and a half long : 

 the hind legs four inches: the head and eyes 

 small; the ears extremely small, so as to be scarce 

 visible : the hind feet more strongly webbed than 

 the fore feet : the colour of the whole animal a 

 rich and very deep chesnut or dark brown, ra- 

 ther paler beneath : the cheeks and throat paler 



