434 LUTRA. 



Southern Otter. 



Type locality. South Carolina. 



Geogr. Disir. Eastern North America from North CaroHna to 

 Alabama and Mississippi. 



If. Liitra canadensis vaga (Bangs). 



Lutra htidsonica vaga Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1898, 



p. 224. 

 Lntra canadensis vaga Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 352. Zool. Ser. 

 Florida Otter. 



Type locality. Micco, Brevard County, Florida. 

 Geogr. Distr. Eastern Georgia and Florida. 



c. LjiiTa eaiiadensis pacifiea (Rhoads). 



Lutra hudsonica pacifiea Rhoads, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc., N. S., 



XIX, 1898, p. 429. 

 Lutra canadensis pacifiea Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. 

 Pub., II, 1901, p. 353. Zool. Ser. 

 Pacific Otter. 



Type locality. Lake Kichelos, Kittitas County, Washington. 

 Altitude, 8,000 feet. 



Geogr. Distr. Pacific slopes. California to Alaska. 



(I. LiifTa canadensis sonora (Rhoads). 



Lutra hudsonica sonora Rhoads, Trans. Am. Philos. Soc, N. S., 



XIX, 1898, p. 431. 

 Lutra canadensis sonora Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., F. C. M. Pub., 

 II, 1901, p. 353, pi. XXXVII. Zool. Ser. Id. Mamm. Middle 

 Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 11, 1904, p. 535, fig. 

 Lxxvi. Zool. Ser. 

 Mexican Otter. 



Type locality. Montezuma Well, Beaver Creek, Yavapai County, 

 Arizona. 



Geogr. Distr. State of Sonora, Mexico, to Wyoming. 



1050. Lutra periclyzomas Elliot. 



Lutra periclyzomcB Elliot, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xviii, 1905, p. 80. 

 Sea-girt or Island Otter. 



Type locality. From Gawi, west coast of Moresby Isl., Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. No. 491, Field Colum- 

 bian Mus., Chicago. 



Genl. Char. Skull: size large; intertemporal region long and nar- 

 row, greatly constricted for its entire length; in young animals this 

 constriction is not so apparent. Rostrum short and very broad; 



