CARNIVORA. 



COMMON OTTEH. 



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mvhteladj:. 



Genus, Lutru. 



OTTER. 



Generic Character. — Body elongated and low ; feet with five toes on eacli, 

 palmated ; tail flattened horizontally ; incisive teeth §, gi-indersf:| or 

 tongue slightly rough ; ears small. 



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COMMON OTTER. 

 Liitra vulgaris. 



Specific Character, — Becq) brown ; throat and hraast cinereous ; tail more 

 than half the length of the head ;iiid hody. 



Lufra, Rav, Syii. Anim. Quad. Klein, de Quad. p. 91. 



Mustda Intra, Linn. Syst. Nat. XII. 1, p. 66. 



Viveri'a Intra, Linn. Faun. Suec. 2, p. 5. 



Luti-a vuloaris, Erxleb. Syst. il 448. Dksmar. Warn. p. 188, sp. 289. 



Flkm Brit. An. p. 16. Jentns, Brit. Yert. p. 13. 

 Lutra Roemis, Ogii.by, P.Z.S. 1834, III. 

 La Loutre, Buffon, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 134, t. ii. 



Common Otter, Penn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 92, No. 19, t. viii. Shaw, Gen. Zool. 



I. p. 437, t. c. 



With llie general form and aspect which characterize 

 it.s family, the Otter exhibits many modifications of that 



