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Total length 7 inches, tail 1| but 
only I out of the fur. Body thick, 
covered with a soft silky fur \ inch 
long, shorter and woolly on the head; 
nose almost like a proboscis i inch 
longer than the lower jaw, moveable, 
base white villose, and naked rubi- 
cund; feet naked,the anterior broad, 
rounded flat with 5 toes thick and 
subpalmate or coherent, 5 claws 
nearly equal, large, convex above 
flat beneath; posterior feet more 
slender, claws smaller, longer and 
narrow. In woods, gardens and 
fields, near Lexington, &c. Raises 
flexuose burrows of great length. 
2. Talpa sericea. Raf. 1820. Silky 
mole. — Fur short silky, grey, with 
silvery shades; nose short obtuse; 
tail one fifth of whole length cylin- 
drical. 
Smaller than the first and more 
slender, only 5 inches long, body 4 
and tail 1. Fur very peculiar and 
different from the other moles, not 
being reducible to different direc- 
tions; but imbricate as in other quad- 
rupeds; remainder as in the first sp. 
Found in woods near Nicholasville 
and Harrodsburg. 
8. Description of a New Otter , Lu- 
tra Concolor from Assam in 
Asia . 
Dr. M. Burrough of Philadelphia, 
has been a great traveller and col- 
lector in Zoology, having made a 
voyage round the world, travelled 
in Peru, Panama, West Mexico, 
Sandwich Islands, and Bengal. His 
greatest Asiatic excursion was a 
journey from Calcutta to Assam in 
the Imalaya mts, by the Baranputra 
river; it is to be wished that he may 
publish his Journal of it. He has 
obtuse, not sharp nor crooked; while 
they are so in the other otters. 
Lutra concolar . sp. ch. Entirely 
of a uniform bay color, tail depress- 
ed as long as the body, claws blunt. 
Description. — Total length 2|ft. 
head and neck |, body and tail each 
one foot; nose blackish, no whiskers, 
ears very small; six small close in- 
eisores to each jaw, canine teeth 
large, grinders sharp; feet short, 
with 5 unequal palmate toes, and 
claws as above stated; tail slender 
flat acute. 
Found in Assam and the Garrow 
hills. Dwells mostly on land, seldom 
goes to the water; "feeds on fish and 
fowl. C. S. Rafinesque. 
Philadelphia , 2 7 March, 1832. 
P. S. Dr. Burrough has again 
sailed on another voyage to Buenos 
Ayres and China, from whence he 
will no doubt bring many rare ob- 
jects of Zoology. — May 1832. 
9. Couguars of Oregon. By C.S.R. 
In addition to the article on our 
Couguars, p. 19, I have to state that 
several other varieties of tygers are 
found in the Western wilds of the 
Oregon Mts, or East and West of 
them, which deserve to be noticed. 
I find in my notes that two other 
varieties of Couguar have been seen 
there, and East of the Mts. 
1. Yar. Oregonensis, Dark brown, 
nearly black on the back, belly white; 
body 6 ft. long, 3 high, tail 2 or 3 ft. 
long. A large ferocious animal of 
the mountains. Is it not a peculiar 
species? Felix oregonensis . 
2. Var. Very near the Pennsylva- 
nia or rather Alleghany Couguar. 
Body nearly entirely tawny or bay, 
brought to Philadelphia some fine or rather shorter, smaller and lower 
new animals and many shells. khan the last, more slender, less fe~ 
Among his quadrupeds, he has an 
otter from Assam, which I pronounc- 
ed new, and he has permitted me to 
describe. I call it lutra concolor , 
being of a uniform color; it might 
also lie called L.amblonyx from its 
blunt claws. 
S, G. Amhlonyx, Raf. Claws short 
roceous. Dwelling in the plains 
east of the mountains near woods, 
but pursues the game in the plains or 
prairies, preying on deer, elks and 
buffaloes. 
I find in Leraye’s travels that a 
smaller animal, nearly similar in 
color, but not larger than a cat is 
