OTTER. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Six cutting teeth, and two canine, in each jaw. 
Five toes on each foot; each toe connected by a strong web. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mustela Lutra. M. plantis palmatis nudis, cauda corpora di- 
midio breviore. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gviel, 1 . 
p. Q3. 
Feet webbed and naked 3 tail half the length 
of the body. 
Lutra digitis sequalibus. Faun. Suec. 1 . n. 10 . 
Lutra castanei coloris. Briss. Quadr. 201 . 
Common Otter. Sm. Buff. v. 4. p. 232. pi. 71. Penn. Hist. 
Quadr. v. 2 . p. 77* Bew. Quadr. p. 451. 
Shaw Gen. Zool. pi. 100 . 
Would ye preserve a num’rous finny race. 
Let your fierce dogs the rav’nous otter chase} 
Th’ amphibious monster ranges all the shores. 
Darts through the waves, and ev’ry haunt explores. 
Gay. 
The otter frequents the sides of lakes and rivers, 
and generally chooses a stony, uneven bottom, with 
many trunks of trees and long roots stretched be- 
