. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . o diastema between ist and 2d premo ars. Color Above dark brown, changing to pale grayish brown belowbeing whitish on under sides of head and neck; the hairs on head andneck above tipped with yellowish brown. Measurements. Total length, 1300; tail vertebra, 472; ear, : occipito-nasal length, ; greatest zygomatic width, ,basal length of Hensel, 96; palatal length, 48. 506. annectens (Lntra), Forsyth-Major, Zool. Anzieger, xx, 1897. p. 142. Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., xix, 1897. P- American Ott
. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . o diastema between ist and 2d premo ars. Color Above dark brown, changing to pale grayish brown belowbeing whitish on under sides of head and neck; the hairs on head andneck above tipped with yellowish brown. Measurements. Total length, 1300; tail vertebra, 472; ear, : occipito-nasal length, ; greatest zygomatic width, ,basal length of Hensel, 96; palatal length, 48. 506. annectens (Lntra), Forsyth-Major, Zool. Anzieger, xx, 1897. p. 142. Id. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th Ser., xix, 1897. P- American Otter. Nutria in Costa Rica. Type locality. Rio de Tepic, Terrotorio de Tepic, Mexico. Genl Char. Premolars small, slender; diastema between firstand second lower premolars; superior outhne inclining downwardanteriorly, not straight; bullae less flat than those of L. canadeus^s,inferior mandibular margin straight. Color. Not given. Measiiremeuts. Skull: basal length. 97-8; greatest breadth. yS-L palatal length, FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM. PLATE Lll, Latax 371 Field Colunihian Mus. Col % nat. size. LATAX. 587 103. ; cLzI. p3-3 M 1=1^ 2—2 1—I 3—3 2—2 J Latax Gloger, Nov. Act. Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., xiii,1827, pt. 2, p. 511. Type Luira marina Y^ryA. = Mnstelalutris Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 1816, Th. in, 2te Abth., p. 986. (nee Scopoli.)Enhydra Flem. Phil. Zool., 11, 1822, p. 187. (nee Enhydris Merrem. Rept.)Only four incisors in lower jaw; molars massive, cusps rounded,smooth; upper molar and posterior upper premolar somewhat oval;anterior lower premolar largest of the lower teeth; skull similar tothat of Lutra; hind feet larger, flat, fin-like; fifth toe longest, restdiminishing to the first; claws moderate; tail obtuse, one-fourth thelength of head and body. 507. lutris (Mitstcla), Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1758, p. 45; i, 1766,p. 66. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 354. marina Erxleb., Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777
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