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. 



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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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