116 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
Photo oy Scholastic Photo Co., Parson's Green 
KINKAJOU 
The kinkajou eats birds and eggs as well as 
One kept in South America 
killed a whole brood of turkeys, and was partial 
honey and fruit. 
to birds’ eggs. 
In captivity it is extremely playful, familiar, and fond of 
being noticed. One lived in the gardens of the Zoological 
Society for seven years. During the greater part of the 
morning it was asleep, rolled up in a ball in its cage. In 
the afternoon it would come out, traverse its cage, take food. 
and play with those to whom it was accustomed. Clinging 
to the top wires of its cage with its tail and hind paws, it 
would thus swing itself backwards and forwards. When thus 
hanging, it would bring its fore paws to the bars, as well 
as the hind pair, and in this manner would travel up and 
down its cage with the utmost address, every now and then 
thrusting out its long tongue between the wires, as if in quest 
of food, which, when offered to it, it would endeavour to 
draw in between the wires with this organ. It was very fond 
of being gently stroked and scratched, and when at play with 
any one it knew it would pretend to bite, seizing the hand 
or fingers with its teeth, as a dog will do when playing with 
its master. As the evening came on, it was full of anima- 
tion, and exhibited in every movement the most surprising 
energy.” 
THE OTTERS. 
As the badgers and ratels seem especially adapted to an 
underground and cave-making existence, so the Otters ali 
conform in structure to an aquatic life; yet, except the web- 
bing of the space between the toes and the shortening and 
flattening’ of the head, there is very little obvious change 
in their structure to meet the very great difference in the conditions under which they live. 
The Suort-ToED OTTER is a small Indian species. 
One kept at the Zoo was a most amusing and friendly little pet, which let itself be 
claws. 
nursed like a kitten. 
The Common OTTER is 
far the most attractive of the 
British carnivora. It is still 
fairly common all over Britain 
where fish exist. It is found 
on the Norfolk broads and 
rivers, all up the Thames, in 
Scotland, Devonshire, Wales, 
Cumberland, and Northum- 
berland. It travels consider- 
able distances from river to 
river, and sometimes gets into 
a preserved trout-pool or 
breeding-pond, and does much 
mischief. The beautiful youne 
otters here figured are in Mr. 
Percy Leigh Pemberton’s col- 
lection of British mammals. 
Their owner made a large 
brick tank for them, where 
Otters, when taken young, can be trained to catch fish for their owners. 
It has nails on its hands in place of 
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YOUNG OTTERS 
In India several tribes 
employ them for this purpose 
