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Genus CALLORHINUS Gray.^ 



1859. Callorhinus Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 359. Type, 

 Phoca ursina Linn^us. 



1892. Callotaria Palmer, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 7, 

 p. 156. July 27, 1892. (Substitute for Callorhinus, assumed 

 to be a homonym of Callirhinus Blanchard 1850. This is not 

 in conformity with the provisions of the International Code, 

 art. 36, with accompanying recommendation.) 



*CaIlorhinus alascanus Jordan and Clark. 



1885. Callorhinus ursinus True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 7 



(1884), p. 607. 1885. 

 1899. Callorhinus alascanus Jordan and Clark, The Fur Seals 



and Fur Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, pt. 3, p. 2. 



November, 1899. 

 Type Locality. — Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea. 



Genus ARCTOCEPHALUS F. Cuvier. 



1827. Arctocephalus F. Cuvier, Diet. des. sci. nat., vol. 39, 

 p. 554. Type, Arctocephalus ursinus F. Cuvier = P/ioca 

 ursina Linnaeus. 



t*Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam. 



1897. Arctocephalus townsendi Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash- 

 ington, vol. 11, p. 178. July 1, 1897. 

 Type Locality. — Guadalupe Island, Lower California, Mexico. 



Family PHOCID^. 



Genus PHOCA Linnaeus. 



1758. Phoca Linn^us, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 37. Type, 

 Phoca vitulina Linn^us. 



Subgenus Phoca Linnaeua. 



t*Phoca ochotensis macrodens Allen. 



1902. Phoca ochotensis macrodens Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 16, p. 483. December 12, 1902. 

 Type Locality. — Avatcha Bay, Kamchatka. (Ranges to Point 



Barrow, Alaska.) 



» For discussion of the various names proposed for this genus see Palmer, Proc. Ciol. Soc. "Washington, 

 vol. 7, p. 156, July 27, 1892; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 14, pp. 133-134, August 9, 1901; Allen, Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 16, pp. 115-118, March 15, 1902; Jordan and Clark, The fin: seals and fur seal 

 islands of the North Pacific Ocean, pt. 3, p. 2, November, 1899. 



