PHOCA. r,41 



Fam. II. Phoeidte. Seal*. 



Neck short; hind limbs useless for terrestrial progression; palms 

 and soles of feet hairy; no external ear; testes abdominal, no scrotum; 

 skull without postorbital processes, and no alisphenoid canal; audi- 

 tory bullae inflated; five developed claws on each foot, those of hind 

 feet subequal, the first and fifth not greatly exceeding the others in 

 length, and not extending beyond the toes. 



1O5. Phoc-u. 



Phoca Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 37; i, 1766, p. 55. Type Phoca 



ritnlina Linnaeus. 



Pusa Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat., 1777, p. 490. (nee Oken.) 

 Calocephalus F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., xxxix, 1826, p. 544. 

 Stcmmatopus F. Cuv., Diet. Scien. Nat., xxxix, 1826, p. 550. 

 Pagophilus Gray, Erebus & Terror, Zool. 1844, p. 3. 

 Pagomys Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1864, p. 31. 

 Erignathus Gill, Proc. Essex Inst., 1866, p. 5. 

 Haliphilns Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xvn, 1866, p. 446. 



Incisors simple, conical; molars, excepting the anterior one, two- 

 rooted, and generally tri-lobed, and with accessory cusps; all feet 

 with five strong, compressed slightly curved claws; first and second 

 digits on fore feet subequal; facial portion of skull narrow, length- 

 ened; interorbital constriction considerable. 



FIG. LXXVIII. PHOCA RICHARDI. PACIFIC OCEAN SEAL. 



