LUTRA. OTTER. 
Generic Charactef, 
Denies ut in genere antece- 
dente. 
Pedes palmati. 
Teeth as in the preceding ge- 
nus. 
Feet webbed. 
TThE Otters or Lutrce agree with the animals of 
the last genus, and particularly with those of the 
division entitled Miistelce, in their general cha- 
racter, but are furnished with webbed feet. 
COMMON OTTER. 
Lutra Vulgaris. L. fusca plantis nudis, cauda corpore dmidio 
breviore. 
Brown O. with naked feet, and tail half the length of the body. 
Mustela Lutra. M. plaiitis palmatis nudis, cauda corpore dmidio 
breviore. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 66. * 
Lutra. Gesn. Quadr. p. 775. Jldr. dig. p, 2^2. 
Loutre. Bnf. 'j.p. 134.^0/. 11. 
Greater Otter. Fennant Qmdr. 2. p. 77. 
The common Otter is found in almost every 
part of Europe, as well as in the colder regions of 
Asia; inhabiting the banks of rivers, and feeding 
