330 



lì. AOKI : 



DlST. The typical variety is found throughout the Palsearctic 

 region from England to Japan, it extends in the Himalayas from 

 Gilgit to the Brahmapootra, at elevations of from 4,000 to 12,000 ft. 

 (Sclater). 



159. Lutra lutra chinensis Gray. 



Lutra chinensis, Gray, Charlesw. Mag. N. H., 1837, p. 580; ibid., 

 List Mamm. Brit. Mus, p. 71 (1843); Tyler, Ann. Mag. N. H., 1854, 

 p. 772; Horsfield, ibid., 1855, xvi, p. 109; Tyler, P. Z. S., 1861, 

 p. 399; Gray, ibid., 1865, p. 126; ibid., Cat. Cam. Brit. Mus., p. 104 

 (1869); Swinhoe, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 624; Anderson, Anat. Zool. Res., 

 p. 211 (1878). 



Lutra nair, Swinhoe (nec Cuv.), P. Z. S., 1861, p. 390. 

 DlST. S. China, Formosa (Swinhoe). 



Gen. Xhihydra Fleming. 

 Enhydra, Fleming, Philos. Zool., ii, p. 187 (1822). 



160. Fnhydra lutris (Linn.). 



Mustela lutris, Linnaeus, S. N., (io), p. 45 (1758). 



Lutra marina, Erxleben, Syst. Règne Anim., p. 445 (1777). 



Pitsa orientalis, Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., iii, p. 986 (1816). 



Lutra lutris, Lesson, Monogr. Mamm., p. 155 (1827). 



Lutra stelleri, Lesson, Monogr. Mamm., p. 156 (1827). 



Enhydris stelleri, Fischer, Syn. Mamm., p. 229 (1829). 



Phoca lutris, Pallas, Zool. Rosso Asiat., p. 100 (1831). 



Latax marina, Lesson, Nouv. Tabi. Regn. Anim., p. 71 (1842). 



Enhydra lutris, Dekay, N. Y. Zool., p. 41 (1842) ; Coues, Fur- 

 bearing Anim. N. Amer., p. 326; Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus., ii, 

 p. 297 (1891). 



Enydris marina, Temminck, Fauna Japonica, Mamm., p. 35 (1844). 

 Enhydris marina, Hempr., Licht. Darst. Säugeth., t., p. 19 ; Evers- 



