. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 112 MtrSTELID^. Fig. Hydrogale maadicollis. ttt. Tite palms and soles of the feet hairy between the jjads, the hinder pads with four small circular rugosities; the bald muzzle large, broad, and high, angularly irroduced above, and continued by a narrow streak to the lips beneath. 16. LATAX. The muzzle bald, large, higher than broad, upper edge angular, pro- duced above, the lower one arched; the feet moderately large ; toes strong, hairy above, webbed; claws large, acute; tail conical, covered with hai
. Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia ... in the ... Museum. 112 MtrSTELID^. Fig. Hydrogale maadicollis. ttt. Tite palms and soles of the feet hairy between the jjads, the hinder pads with four small circular rugosities; the bald muzzle large, broad, and high, angularly irroduced above, and continued by a narrow streak to the lips beneath. 16. LATAX. The muzzle bald, large, higher than broad, upper edge angular, pro- duced above, the lower one arched; the feet moderately large ; toes strong, hairy above, webbed; claws large, acute; tail conical, covered with hair. Under-fur long, very dense and exceedingly soft, very closely covered with longer silky hair. Skull rather broad, depressed, ventricose behind; the forehead flat, rather broad; orbit defined by a strong acute conical prominence on the side of the forehead behind, above, but not below; the palate rather concave; the flesh-tooth large, the inner lobe as large as the outer section of the tooth ; the upper tuberctilar grinder large, massive, rather broader than long. Lataxina, Grat), List. Mamm. p. 70. Latax, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 118 (not Gloger) ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. Lutra, § c, Gray, Loudon's Mag. N. IL , i. p. 380. Latax canadensis. (Canadian Otter.) Black-brown, beneath paler ; cheeks, lips, chin, and throat pale ashy-brown ; front of neck grey-brown. Very young black above and below, with very short close fur; lips whitish ; claws very acute, whitish. Var. Nearly uniform black; under-fur very soft, brown ; the upper and lower lip, chin, and sides of throat brown. Lutra canadensis, Sabine, Franklin's Voy. p. 653; Schreb. Sdugeth. t 126. f. 13; £aird, Mamm. iV. A. p. 184, t. 28 (skull); Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 119. Lutra brasiliensis, Harlan ; Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly re
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