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Show 1889.] DIFFERENT SPECIES OP OTTER. 195 (4) Lutra swinhoei, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 182; Cat. Carn. B. M. p. 105 (1869). This species was founded by Dr. Gray on a fragmentary skull sent by Mr. Robert Swinhoe from China. The locality was originally given as Formosa, but Mr. Swinhoe afterwards stated1 that the Otter was obtained at Gawkang Island, near Amoy, and gave, at the same time, some observations on its habits. The typical skull, as suggested by Dr. Anderson, proves, on comparison, to be referable to L. cinerea, which, alone of all Otters, is, as Dr. Gray says of this skull, " characterized by the small size of the upper cutting-teeth, the series forming only a width of 4\ lines ; while the series of most other Indian Otters occupy 6 lines, or sometimes more." The following synonymy shows in tabular form the results arrived at in the preceding paragraphs:- A. LUTRA VULGARIS, Erxl. Syn. Mustela lutra, Linn. (1760). Lutra vulgaris, Erxl. (1777). L. piscatoria, Kerr (1792). L. nair, F. Cuv. (1823), Blyth (1863), Jerdon (1867), and many others. L. roensis, Ogilb. (1834). L.nudipes, Melchior(1834). L.indica and L. chinensis, Gray(l837). L. tarayensis, Hodgs. (1839). L. aurobrunnea, Hodgs. (1839). Lutronectes whiteleyi, Gray (1865). Barangia (!) nepalensis, Gray (1865). Lutra angustifrons, Lataste (1885). B. LUTRA BARANG, F. CUV. Syn. " Simung," Raffl. (1822). L. barang, F. Cuv. (1823), Less. (1827), Fisch. (1829). L. simung, Less. (1827), Horsf. (1851). L. monticola, Hodgs. (1839), Gray (1846, 1865, 1869;, Gerrard (1862), and many others. L. macrodus, Gray (1865). L. ellioti, Anderson (1873), Blanford (1888). C. LUTRA SUMATRANA, Gray. Syn. "Barang," Raffl. (IS22)- L. barang, Cantor (1846), Gerrard (1862). Barangia sumatrana, Gray (1865, 1869). Lutra sumatrana, Anderson (1878), Blanford (1888). D. LUTRA CINEREA, 111. Syn. "Grijze Otter," Van Wurmb (1780). L. cinerea, 111. (1815). L. leptonyx, Horsf. (1824), Fisch. (1829), Blyth (1863), Jerdon (1867), Anderson (1878), Blanford (1888), and most authors. L.perspicillata, I. Geoff. (1829). Aonyx horsfieldi, Gray (1837). L. indigitata, Hodgs. (1839). Aonyx sikimensis, Hodgs. (1855). Aonyx leptonyx and indigitata, Gray (1865, 1869). L. swinhoei, Gray (1867). 1 P. Z. S. 1870, p. 625. |