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Show 1867-] DR. J. E. GRAY ON A N K W OTTER. 181 LUTRONECTES WHITELEYI. Dark brown; cheeks, lips, chin, and throat greyish white. 1 Lutra vulgaris, Temm. Fauna Japonica, 35; Schrenck, Reisen in Amurlande, 43. Hab. Japan. Like many other Otters, these so closely resemble the Common European Otter that I am not surprised that M . Temminck should have confounded them with that species. Length of body and head 17 \, of tail 10 inches. Lutronectes whiteleyi. Skull:-Length about 4 inches (back imperfect) ; width at back of zygomatic arch 2 inches 1 line ; length of palate 1 inch 7^ lines, of tooth-line 1 inch 7| lines ; width at the upper tubercular grinder 1 inch 5 lines. The two skulls slightly differ in the size of the teeth and in the width of the palate, I have great pleasure in naming this species after Mr. Henry Whiteley, junior, of Woolwich, who brought it from Hadodadi in Japan with many other interesting animals, and who has become a martyr to science in the course of his labours as a natural-history |
