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214. L. NAIR (?), F. Cuvier. 
Syn. L. chinensis et L. indica. Gray. 
L. tarayensis, Hodgson. 
Pdni Kuta, H., and Nirnai, Cuv. (Both 
signifying 'Water Dog'): Jul Marjar ('Wa- 
ter Cat'), also Hud or Hadi, Mahr. ; Anjeng 
Ayer, Malay ; Phyan, Arakan (Phayre). 
Hab. India generally : Malayan peninsula (Cantor) ; 
Indo-Cliina : China : Africa (Algeria !)* 
A. Large male, from vicinity of Calcutta (fur 
new, much grizzled throughout with hoary tips). 
Presented by W. H. Greenfield (1848).— i?. Ditto, 
female : vicinity of Calcutta (fur ungrizzled, the 
tips having worn off, or, rather, been naturally shed 
(1842). — G. Specimen from Murshedabad (rather 
rough-coated). Presented by J. W. Laidlay, Esq. 
(1845). — D. Specimen from Algeria (!), quite un- 
distinguishable from C). Presented by M. Alfred 
Mahherbe (1849). — E. F. Young, from vicinity of 
Calcutta (1845 — 57). — O. Half-grown specimen, 
with deciduary canines (the throat deeply tinged 
with orange-brown) : from S. India. Presented by 
the Hon'ble W. Elliot as the Jiair of his catalogue. — 
H. Skeleton of B. — /. Skull of male : Bengal. — J. 
Ditto ; Deyra Doon. Presented by L. C. Stewart, 
Esq. — K. Ditto, from Travancore : taken from a 
skin. Presented by the Hon'ble W. Elliot (and 
considered by him as probably distinct from the L. 
nair of his catalogue. — X. Another skull, from Tra- 
vancore or Cochin. Presented by the Pev. H. 
Baker, Jr. (1859). — M. Skull from Arakan (small 
foremost upper pras-molars naturally wanting, as in 
AoNYX.) Presented by Col. Phayre (1845). 
* The common large Otter of the plains of India, which is extensively 
tamed and trained for fishing in the Bengal Sundarhans, and along the course 
of the Brahmaputra river, by driving the fish into the fishermen's nets : not as 
Cormorants are trained in China. N. B. — The pale facial spots mentioned by 
F. Cuvier are, at most, indistinct ; or, as Baron Cuvier remarks in the Regne 
Animal, "a quelque chose de pale aux sourcils, mais a peine sensible." A flat 
skin received from China (Amoy) is undisting\iishable from that of the common 
Otter of Bengal. 
