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the furface and aindcr, feed chleflv on fifh ; do not climb, or 
“■ip avith the body cura’ed and tail (Iretched out like the 
are/f/a, head larger and thicker, tongue ftrewed with ibic 
puckles ; otters have e grinders in each iavv on each lide ; 
U'tcfds 4 ; 5, or 5 : 6. 
A. Hind-feet palmatCi Otters. 
Hind-loct hair}’ ; tail a fourth part as long as the body. 
T>t. 1 . Otters 
rack, }vith a yellow fpot under the throat, 
nh.ibits the coafts between Ajea and America, 2) in the rivers 
fnith America ; lives moftiv in the lea ; harmlefs, runs and 
iwinis Iwifily, feeds on loblfers, Ihell-lilh ; female breeds once 
a }ear, brings one at a time ; fur valuable. 
/cad deprelled; cart Imall, haire, rounded; wtoitf/i obtufiih ; 
a'hljkers many, dill, above and behind the eyes, at the corners 
of the mouth, ftdes of the lower lip, and under the throat ; 
Jorc-tceth upper b equal, lower 6 the 2 alternate interior, the 
- lateral bilobate ; toes 5 on each foot, all palmate: 2) tail 
depreiled, a little lliortcr than the body ; pcaddufky; throat 
yellow* ■ 
Ear, 
jis. 
'‘S‘ten- 
•Mixed grey and black ; feet palmatff. 
fnliabits on the Riis- dt la plata ; lize of a cat; fur Velvetv, 
llelh delicate. 
*Lutra, 
J tit! Idn 
round; feet hairy. 
Ca 
‘t>> , H-t-L ItUI 
Iiilubits the coufts of ChiLi, 
Hind-fcct naked; tail half the length of the bddy. Otten. 
Inhabits Europe, Norik America, Ajia as far as Perjia, in frelh- 
water rivers, lakes and filh-ponds, but never in the lea ; feeds 
on fiflii frogs, crabs ; dCllructive to iiflt-popds ; lives under 
ground, in holds opening, beneath the furface of the water ; 
Mafty^ bitingj Ibmetitncs tamed to catcli hOi ; the male calls 
the female by a loft murmuring cry ; gravid 3 months, bring-j 
forth 3—4 young. 
ur deep brown; fpots 2 each fide the nofe, fmall, white, and 
one under the chin ; throat and breajl cinereous ; zohijkers 
large; Carr fliort ; rtccA Ihort, thick; c-toed; length & 
h-'et, tail 16 inches. 
Black ; fur fmooth ; tail long, taper, 
inliabits North American 
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