356 EUMETOPIAS. ZALOPHUS. 



californianus. Gray (nee Less), Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 

 50, pis. 21, 22. 



Type locality. Bay of San Francisco. 



Geogr. Distr. North Pacific shores, Bering Straits to California 

 and Japan. 



Genl. Char. Skull: brain case subquadrate, abruptly contracted 

 anteriorly, diameter greatest at posterior end of zygoma and there 

 equals three-fifths of its length; postorbital processes strongly de- 

 veloped and quadrate; muzzle broad, its width at canines about 

 one-fourth the length of skull. Fifth pair of molars placed far behind 

 fourth pair. Adult males have high occipital and sagittal crests. 

 Ears short, pointed. 



Color. Adult. Bright golden rufous in spring; in the autumn 

 light sepia or vandyke brown, darker on the belly. Limbs dark red- 

 dish brown almost black on outside; whiskers white or brownish 

 white; nails bluish horn color. Specimens varj- in coloration. Fe- 

 males usually lighter. 



Measurements. Total length, male, 2850; tail vertebras, 100; out- 

 stretched fore limbs, 2362; length of hind foot, 559; ear 37. Female 

 much smaller. 



85. Zalophus. 



No space between upper molars. 

 Zaiophus. Gill, Froc. Essex Inst., 1866, p. 7. Type Artocephalus 

 lobatus, Gray. 



Neophoca. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1866, xviii, p. 231. 



524. californianus. (Otaria), Less., Diet. Class, Hist. Nat., 1828, 

 xiii, p. 420. 



gillespii, M'Bain, Froc. Edinb. Roy. Soc, i, 1858, p. 422. 



Type locality. California. 



Geogr. Distr. West coast of United States from Bay of San 

 Francisco southward. 



Genl. Char. Skull: facial portion elongated, slender; zygomatic 

 breadth more than half the length of skull; postorbital processes 

 long, narrow and directed backwards in old animals. Molars usually 

 closel)' approximate; sagittal and occipital crests highly devoloped. 



Color. This varies greatly among individuals, and at different 

 seasons from yellow and brownish yellow to reddish and blackish 

 brown. Limbs blackish brown as also the belly. After moulting the 

 pelage is golden brown. Whiskers yellowish white. 



Measurements. Total length, males, 2160; to outstretched hind 

 flippers, 2542; fore feet, 369; hind foot, 380; tail no; ear, 35; long- 

 est whisker, 225. Female much smaller. 



