Clafs I. ^ OTTER. 67 



Genus X. The OTTER. 



Species I. The OTTER. 



Le Loutre, Bdon 26. //. 27. ' Lutra caftanei colons. Brljfon 



Lutra. The otter. Rati jyn. quad. 201. 



quad. lHy. De Biifon, Tom. v'n. I'^^.Tah.i i^ 



Gre'wsmuf. 16. Multela lutra. Lin.fyfl. 66. 



Morton sNorthamp, i^AL^^ Pontop. Noyw. 2. 27. 



Sib. Scot. 1 o. Lutra digitis omnibus zequalibus. 



Ge/ner quad. 687. Faun, Suec. 12. 



Br. Zol. 32. 



NAMES. 



Brit, Dyfrgi Germ. Otter, Fifch Ottef 



Fren. Lc Loutre Dut. Otter 



lial. Lodra, Lodria, Lontra. Suued. Utter 



Span. Nutria Dan. Odder 



Port. 



THE ufual length of this animal is three feeC 

 three inches, including the tail, which is Hx- 

 teen inches long. 



The head and nofe are broad and flat, the neck 

 fliort, and equal in thicknefs to the head : the body 

 long : the tail broad at the bafe, tapers off to a point 

 at the end, and is the whole way compreffed horizon- 

 tally. The eyes are very fmall, and placed nearer the 

 nofe than is ufual in quadrupeds : the ears ex- 

 tremely fhort, and their orifice narrow : the opening 

 of the mouth is fmall, the lips mufcular, and capable 

 of being brought very clofe together : the nofe and 

 corners of the mouth are furniflied with very long 

 whifkers ; fo that the whole appearance of the otter 

 is fomething terrible. The legs are very fhort, but 



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