SYNOPSIS OF THE 



whitish underneath ; tail more than half as long as the \ 

 body. 



Lutra Vulgaris, Erxleb. Mustela Lutra, Lin. Sys, 

 Nat. I. 66. 



La Lutre, Buff. vii. Common Otter, Shaw. Zool. 437. 

 Greater Otter, Pennant, Quad. ii. 77. Otter, Penn. Brit. 

 Zool. 



Icon. Schreb. Saugth. tab. 126, A. Buff. vii. pi. 11. 

 Pennant, British Zoology. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Var. a. Maculata, the Spotted Otter, with a great number 

 of little round white spots on the flanks : found near , 

 Paris. 



361. 2. L. Brasiliensis (the Brazilian Otter.) i 

 Brown or yellow, with the throat white or yellowish. , 

 Lutra Brasiliensis, Ray, Syn. Quad. Desm. Mamm. 188. ' 



Mustela Lutra Brasiliensis, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. Lutra Bra- 

 siliana, Shaw. Zool. t. 446. 



Saricovienne de la Guyane, Buff. Sup. torn. vi. Bra- 

 silian Otter, Pennant, Quad. ii. 79. i 



Icon. Ency. Method. Supp. t. 5. f. 3. Cuv. Reg. Anim. iv. 

 ^.4./. 3. ' 



Inhabits the rivers of both Americas, especially of Guyana. 



362. 3. L. Canadensis, (Canadian Otter.) Glossy brown ; 

 chin and throat dusky white ; neck and head long, and the 

 ears closer together than in the L. Vulgaris ; legs short ; tail 

 pointed, and as long as the body. 



Lutra Canadensis, Sabine, Franklin, Voy. Ap. 653. Mus- 

 tela Hudsonica, Lacepede. 



American Otter, Sabine. Loutre de Canada, Lacepede: 



Inhabit Copper Mine River. 



The Baron Cuvier unites these two varieties, but they are 

 separated by M. F. Cuvier. 



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