Class I. OTTER. ii7 



GENUS XI. OTTER. 



Toes five on each foot; palmated, or connected 

 by a membrane. 



Le Loutre, Belon 26. pi. 27. De Buffon, Tom. vii. 134. Tab. 19- Common. 

 Lutra. The Otter. iJaii iyw. 11. xiil. 322. 



quad. 187. Mustela Lutra. Gm. Lin.gZ. 



Crew's Mus. l6. amLUlPontop. Norw. 2.27. 



Mortons Northampt. 444. 



Lutra digitis omnibus asquali- 



Sib. Scot. 20. 



bus. Faun. Suec. 12. 



.Gesner quad. 687- 



Br. Zool. 32. Hist. quad. No. 



Lutra castanei coloris. Bris- 



281 . ii. p. 77. Arct, Zool. i. 



son quad. 201. 



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Brit. Dyfrgi 



Germ. Otter, Fisch Otter 



Fren. Le Loutre 



But. Otter ^.. ^.^^ 

 (Szwec?. Utter 



Ital. Lodra,Lodria, Lontra 



Span. Nutria 



Ban. Odder. - '^fuB- ^ • 



Port. .... ... 





X HE usual length of this animal is three feet Descrip- 



. . ... TION. 



three inches, including the tail, which is sixteen 

 inches long. 



The head and nose are broad and flat, the 

 neck short, and equal in thickness to the head; 

 the body long ; the tail broad at the base, tapers 

 off to a point at the end, and is the whole way 

 compressed horizontally. The eyes are very 

 small, and placed nearer the nose than is usual 



