Class I. 



OTTER. 



117 



GENUS XI. OTTER. 



Toes five on each foot; palmated, or connected 

 bv a membrane. 



Le Loutre, Belon 26. pi. 27. 



De Buffon, Tom. vii. 134. Tab. 19- Common, 



Lutra. The Otter. R 



aii syn. 



1 1 . xiii. 322. 



quad. 187. 





Mustek Lutra. Gm. Lin. Q3. 



Grew's Mus. 16. 





Pontop. 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.H. p. 77. Arct. Zool. i. 



sen quad. 201. 





99- 



Brit. Dyfrgi 





Germ . Otter, Fisch Otter 



Fren. Le Loutre 





But. Otter 



Ilal. Lodra,Lodria, 



, Lontra 



Swed. Utter 



Span. Nutria 





Dan. Odder. 



Port. 





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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 



