112 FAUNA AMERICANA. ^ 



species ;) body elongated, robust ; general colour 

 livid above, white beneath, then blackish, or en- 

 tirely black in old individuals. 



Inhabits the high seas of Greenland. 



Species. 



6. Otaria ursitia, sea bear. 

 Ursus marinus, Steller. 

 Phoca tirsina, Linn. Gmel. Erxleb. Bodd. 

 Ours marin, Buff. 



Chat marin, Krachenninikow, hist, du Kamt- 

 schat. (Encycl. pi. 109, fig. 1.) 



Char. Essent. Six incisors above, of which 

 the two lateral resemble canine ; colour brown : 

 posterior toes terminated by a large, narrow, cu- 

 ticular membrane. 



Dimensions. Total length, six feet ten inches 

 six lines ; tail, one inch ten lines ; ears,' one inch 

 six lines. 



Description. Body thin posteriorly ; head round ; 

 mouth small, six incisors above, four below ; two 

 canine above and below, very pointed ; six sharp 

 molars above, five below; ears pointed, conical; 

 anterior feet entirely free, excepting the carpus, 

 metacarpus, and fingers, where the skin is naked, 

 wrinkled above, and smooth below ; thumb longer 

 than the fingers, which decrease successively; 

 posterior extremities five-toed, of which the 

 thumb is as long as the three following; hair 

 thick, erect; colour blackish, spotted with gray 



