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already mentioned, the last molar is subquadrate, and longer internally than externally. 
A species of otter from Borneo, said to be distinguished from L. simung by its shorter 
tail is mentioned by Dr. Gunther, 1 but the characters of the skull are not given. 
Fossil species. — The following list gives the best defined fossil forms, exclusive of 
the Indian species described below : — 
1. Lutra bravardi, 2 Pom. Pliocene, France. 
(?) L. clermontensis, Blain (in part). 
(?) L. elaperus, Croiz. 
A species said to be rather larger than L. vulgaris , in which the true molar is subquadrate. 
2. Lutra affinis, 3 Gerv. Pliocene, France. 
Very doubtfully distinct .from Z. vulgaris. 
3. Lutra campani, 4 Meneghini. Mid. miocene, Tuscany. 
A very large species, whose dental characters will be alluded to below. The Monte 
Bamboli beds, from which this fossil was obtained, are classed by Prof. Gaudry 
below the Sansan stage (mid. miocene). 
4. Lutra dubia, 5 Blain. Mid. miocene, Sansan; 
A species apparently only known by a fragment of the mandible, of considerably larger 
size than that of Z. vulgaris. 
5. Lutra lorteti, 6 Filhol. Miocene, France. 
A species known by a portion of a mandible, somewhat smaller than that of Z. vulgaris : 
mTz has only one root as in Z. leptonyx. 
6. Lutra piscinaria, 7 Leidy. Pliocene, N. America. 
A species named from a single tibia. 
7. Lutra vulgaris, Erxl. Recent, Palsearctic : pleistocene, Europe. 
Z. antiqua. Marcel de Serres. 
Mustela lutra. Lin. 
It may be added that the so-called Lutra valetoni 8 (E. Geof.) of the French 
miocene belongs to the genus Lutrictis , distinguished from all other mustelines by 
the presence of a minute second upper true molar, and from the otters by the whole 
of the premolars being placed posteriorly to the canine. 9 This genus which evidently 
belongs to the Mustelidce , although it is somewhat doubtful whether it should be 
placed in the sub-family Lutrince , is considered by Professor Gaudry to form a 
connecting link between the Mustelidce and the Viverridce. 
Species 1. Lutra palaundica. Falc. and Caut. 
History. — Although no description of this species was ever published by Dr. 
Falconer, there is not the slightest difficulty in identifying the specimens to which 
1 “Pro. Zool. Soc.,’ 1876, p. 736. 
2 Gervais, “Zoologie et Paleontologie Franqaises,” 2nd ed., p. 244, pi. XXVII., fg. 6 (palate). 
3 Ibid, p. 244. 4 Meneghini, ‘ Atti. del. Soc. Ital. d. Sci. Xat.,’ 1862, vol. IV., p. 18, pi. Ila. 
5 Blainville, “ Osteographie ” Genus Mustela, pi. XIV. 
6 Filhol, “Notes sur Quelques Mammiferes Fossiles de’l’Epoque Miocene,” Lyon, 1881, pi. IV., figs. 20-2. 
7 Leidy, “ Extinct Vertebrate Fauna of Western Territories,” p. 316, pi. XXXI., fig. 4. 
8 Potamotherium valetoni, E. Geof, Lutra clermontensis, Blain. (in part), Stephanodon inonbachiensis , H. Myr. 
9 See Gaudry, “ Les Enchainements du Monde Animal, etc. — Mammiferes Tertiaries," fig. 200. 
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