236 EUMETOPIAS STELLERI STELLER's SEA LION. 



Measurements from Two Skins of EUMETOPIAS STELLERI. 



Captain Scamrnon gives the following external measurements 

 of a full-grown male taken at the Farallone Islands, July 17, 

 1872. 



ft. in. mm. 



Length from tip of nose to end of hind flippers 12 



Length of hind flippers 2 2 



Breadth of hind flippers (expanded) 9 



Circumference of body behind fore limbs 7 



From nose to fore limbs 5 



Length of fore flipper _ 2 6 



Breadth of fore flipper 1 4 



Distance between extremities of fore limbs. . . 10 



Length of ear. 



Length of tail 



Length of longest whiskers 1 



Length of longest hind claw 



=3,660 

 = 660 

 = 220 

 =2,150 

 =1,526 

 = 753 

 = 470 

 =3,035 

 = 47 

 = 177 

 = 457 

 = 32 



