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XXX. — Account of the Lutra vittata, and of 

 the Viverra poliocephalus. 



By Thos. Stewart Tkaill, M. D. F. R. S. E. & M. W. S. 



(Read Tith November 1819 J 



The animal to which I apply the name of Lutra 

 vittata, appears to me to be that described by Buf- 

 fon under the name of Le Fouine de la Guiane, or 

 Martin of Guyana ; which, if not the same, is near- 

 ly allied to the Viverra vittata of systematic writ- 

 ers. 



Mr Pennant, and some other naturalists, have 

 judiciously separated the Otters from the Mustelse 

 of Linnaeus, and united the rest of this genus to the 

 Viverrse of the Linnean system : but this animal, 

 I presume from careless examination, has been 

 hitherto permitted to remain among the Weesels ; 

 though the structure of its feet, which are all per- 

 fectly webbed, shews that it must be classed among 



