LESSER OTTER. 
The name of the Lesser Otter, is that which 
has been given to this animal by Pennant : 
Dr. Shaw calls it, the Smaller Otter. It is 
the Mustela Lutreola, of Linnsus ; the Nocrza, 
of Gesner ; the Norka, of Schreber; and the 
Yivella Lutreola, of Pallas. 
The Lesser Otter has roundish ears ; a white 
chin and throat \ and, sometimes, the head is 
hoary, but at others it is tawny. The body is 
tawny and dusky; the short hairs being yel- 
lowish, the long hairs black* The feet are 
broad, webbed, and covered with hair. The 
tail is dusky, and ends in a point. It has the 
form of the Common Otter, but is only about 
cne-third of it's length. 
■ This animal, which inhabits Poland, and 
the North of Europe, is found on the banks 
of all the rivers in the country North of the 
"Vaik. None, according to Pennant, are seen 
beyond the Lake Baikal, or in the North-East 
parts of Siberia. It lives on fish, frogs, aud 
water 
