CALLOTARIA. 867 



86. Callotaria. 



I. 3z_3; C. ti; M. 1=^ or ^= 34 or 36. 



2—2' I— i' 5—5 ;— ; •'^ -> 



Callotaria. Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1892, p. 156. Type 

 Phoca Ursina, Linn. 

 Callorhinus. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1839, p. 359. (nee Blanch- 



ard Entom. nee Girard, Herpet.) 

 Arciocephaliis. Gill (nee F. Cuv.), Proc. Essex Inst., i!S66, pp. 



7-11. 

 Facial portion of skull short, convex; nasals short, narrow pos- 

 teriorly; palate narrow, contracted posteriorly, the arch deep, con- 

 cave. Dentition weak. 



525. ursina. (Phoca), Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 37. 



kiiichenniniki'wi, Less., Class., 1828, xiii, p. 420. 



nigra. Pall., Zoog. Rosso-Asiat., 1831, i, p. 107. (juv.) 



nionteriensis. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1857, p. 360. (Part.) 



Type locality. Bering Sea Islands. 



Gcogr. Distr. Pacific shores of the United States from Cali- 

 fornia northward; Pribyloff Islands, Bering Sea; also islands and 

 shores of the Asiatic coast of north Pacific Ocean. 



Genl. Char. Pelage consists of a dense, fine silky fur, with a 

 covering of long, moderately coarse hair. Skull: facial portion short, 

 broad and elevated; postorbital processes subquadrate to sub-triangu- 

 lar, postorbital constriction very considerable; sagittal and occipital 

 crests well developed. Dentition weak. Ears long, narrow and 

 pointed. 



Color. This varies from rich chestnut brown to black in the 

 male, sometimes grayish black, but specimens exhibit great variety 

 of hues. Naked skin of limbs, nose and anal region black. Females 

 are much lighter, exhibiting various shades of gray, with rufous on 

 breast and belly. Whiskers are black in the young, white in adult. 



Measurements. Total length, male, 2360; tail vertebra;, 50; out- 

 stretched hind limbs, 2472; ear, 50; longest whisker, 180. Female, 

 total length, 1170; tail vertebr.x', 50; nose to end of hind limbs, 1750; 

 longest whisker, 140. 



Fam. II. Triehecidae. 



External ears wanting. Body large, unwieldy, gross; skull 

 swollen anteriorly; upper canines immenselj- developed descending 

 far below the lower jaw, tusk-like; postorbital processes wanting; 

 alisphenoid canal present. Hind feet employed in walking similarly 

 as do the members of the Olariidae. 



