p. pvo- 

 Hamil- 

 F. Cuv. 



10. MoRUNGA, Grai/. Macrovliinus, F. Cuv. Cjstophora 

 pars, Nilssoi). 



Nose of tlie male with an elongated tubular proboscis ; 

 muzzle of the skull broad, truncated in front ; forehead 

 convex ; hinder palatine bone short, transverse : hair flat, 

 truncated, adpressed; whiskers round, rather waved, thick : 

 claws, front obsolete, hinder distinct. 



1. Morunga Ele]ihantina. 



Plioca Elejjhantina, Molina, Sfiffg. 280, .341 

 boscidea, Peroii S; Le.siieiir, ii. 32, /. 32, males. 

 ion, t. 10, 17. Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. t. 18, ./. 1. 

 Mem. Mus. xi. /. 14,/. 1, skull. Phoca Leonina, Schreb. 

 297, /. 83, (cop. from Anson). Blainv. Osieofj. Ph. t. 5. 

 /. 9. Sea Lion, Dam2ner, Voy. 91. Ansou, Voy. 122, 

 /. 19. Bottle-nose Seal, Penn. Quad. ii. 531. Phoca du- 

 bia, Fif:cher, Syn. from Cuv. Oss. Fos. v. 213. Phoque de 

 Patagon, F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. xi. /. 14, /". 2. 



Inhab. Southern Ocean. Brit. Mus. Females and skulls. 



11. Cm &TOPiiOT^ A, Nilsson. Stemmatophus, -F. Cuv. 



Nose of the male with a large compressed hood, extend- 

 ing to the back of the head ; muzzle very broad, hairy ; 

 nostrils large ; muzzle of the skull broad, narrowed on each 

 side in front ; forehead flat ; palatine bone broad, square ; 

 hair elongate, cylindical ; whiskers flat, waved ; claws 5-5, 

 distinct. 



I. Cystophora cristata, Nilssou. Phoca cristata, 7)eA-«y, 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. 1, t. 7. Fab. Nat. Selsk. S/ai. i. 120. Ha- 

 milton, t. 14. P. mitrata, Milbert, MS. Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 

 210. Hamilton, f. 13. P. leucopla, Thicnem. 102, t. 13, 

 (young). P. leonina, Linn. S. N. i. 55. — P. leonina, Mul- 

 icr. C. borealis, Nilsson, Scand. F. i. 383. P. cucullata, 

 Bodd. Elen. 107. Seal with a Caul, Ellis, Hudson's Bay, 

 134, /. C,/. 4. 



Inhab. North Sea. Brit. Mus. two males, one female 

 and one young. 



The young is like the young of Calhcephahis grcenlan- 

 dicus in external appearance, but it is easily known from 

 that s]:)ecies by the hairiness of the muffle between the nos- 

 trils, and by the teeth not being lobed, but only plaited on 

 the surface. 



B. Ears tcilli a subcylindrical, distinct, e.vternal conch. 

 Toes of the hind feet subequal, short, with long mem- 

 brane's at the end: fore feet Jin-like : palm and soles 

 bald, longitudinally grooved. Nose simple, tvith a ra- 

 ther large callous muffle above and betireen the nostrils: 

 cutting teeth ^, upper often bifid ; grinders |4- 

 Sub-family 5. Arctocephalina. 

 12. Arctocephalds, F. Cuv. 



Cutting teeth |, u]qier subequal ; muzzle rather tapering 

 in front ; whiskers cylindrical, thick, not waved ; palate 

 (of the skull) rather narrower behind than in front, short, 

 scarcely reaching to the middle of the zygomatic arch ; 

 lower jaw narrow, rounded below, without any angle behind. 



* Fur long, under coat thick, soft, silky. 



1. Arctocephalus ursinus. 



Ursus marinus, Steller, Nov. Com. Petrop. ii. 331, 

 1. 15, (copied in). Phoca ursina,&/(rei. iii. 289,/. 82. Gmel. 

 S. N. i. (J2. Otaria ursina, Desrn. O. Stelleri, Lesson, O. 

 Krachenninikovii, Lesson, D. C. H. N. xiii. 420. 



" Hair long, erect, thick, under fur brownish red. Males 

 black, older ones with the hairs white-tipped, the hair of 

 the neck longer and stifl": females ash-coloured : of the 

 \exy young black : flaps of hinder toes very long slender : 

 length 8 or 9 feet." 



Inhab. Northern Pacific Ocean, Kamschatka. 



2. Arctocephalus Falklandicus. 



Sea Bear, Forster, Voy. i. 174. Ours marin, Buffon, 



H. N. Supp. vi. 336, t. 47. Otaria Forsteri, Le.sson, 



D. C. H. N. xiii. 42. 

 Falkland Isle Seal, Penn. Quad. i. 275. Phoca Falk- 



landica, Shaw, Zool. i. 256. Otaria Falklandica, Desm. 



Mam. 252. O. Shawii, Lesson, D. C. H. N. xiii. 424. 

 Otaria Falklandica, Hamilton, Nat. Lib. t. 25. Ann. N. H. 



ii. 81, t. 4. 

 Petit Phoque, Buffon, H. N. xiii. 341, t. 43, (young). 



Little Seal, Penn. Quad. Phoca parva, Bodd. Elench. 



78. P. pusilla, Schreb. 314, t. 85. Gmel. S. N. i. 68. 



Otaria pusilla, De.wi. O. Delalandii, F. Cuv. D. S. N. 



xxxis. 423. O. Peronii, Desm. Mam. 250. 

 Otaire de Peron, Blainv. Journ. Phys. xci. 295. Otaria 



Hauvillii, Lesson, D. C. H. N. xiii. 425 : from Cuv. 



Oss. Foss. V. 220. 

 Grey, under fur red, young blacki.sh. Length 4 feet. 

 Inhab. Antarctic Ocean, Falkland Islands. Cape of 

 Good Hope ? 



There may be more than one species combined in these 

 synonyma. 



3. Arctocephalus cinereus. 



Otaria cinerea, Peron. ]'oy. T. Aust. ii. 54 ? Quoy et 

 Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Mam. 89, t. 12, 13 and 15. Phoca 

 cinerea, Fischer, Syn. 233 .' 



Grey, hair of neck rough, elongate, yellowish, hairs yel- 

 lowish white and blackish, under fur red. Length 7 feet. 



Inhab. South coast of Australia. Port Western, Quoy. 

 Kangaroo Island, Peron ? 



Peron indicates a species from Eugene Island, Austra- 

 lia, under the name of Otaria nlhicollis ; and Molina one 

 from Chili, which he calls Phoca porcina, which he says 

 has a nose like a pig, but of which I can find no other in- 

 dications. 



*^ Fur short, close-pressed, without any under fur. 



4. Arctocephalus lobatus. Gray, Spic. Zool. i. t. Pho- 

 ca lobata, Fischer, Syn. ii. 574. 



The flaps to the hind toes short, not so long as the toes: 

 grinders large, with a lobe on each side ; canines large. 



Inhab. N. W. coast of Australia. Houtmau's Abrolhos, 

 Mr. Gilbert. 



5. Arctocephalus australis. 



Otaria australis, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. Mam. 9, /. 

 14. — 10. Nilsson, Weigm. Arch. vii. 322. 



The flaps to the hind toes moderate. Grey, with yellow 

 reflections, head, checks and side of muzzle whitish, be- 

 neath fulvous ; neck thick: limbs beneath blackish ; whis- 

 kers strong, flat, white. 



Inhab. South coast of Australia, "King George's Sound," 

 Quoy. 



6. Arctocephalus Hookeri. 

 Hair Seal, Weddell, 141.' 



