13. IIOIIPNGA. 39 



The whiskers are very long- unci large, rouuJish, veiy slightly com- 

 pressed, rather Avavcd. 



The fore feet arc rather smaU, oblong, obli(juely truncated, the 

 wrist being nearly as long as the feet, with five elongated claws, the 

 first the smallest ; the hinder feet are moderate, the marginal toes 

 upon each side large, rounded, the three middle ones very .small, 

 tapering ; all clawless. The tail conical. 



Fur short ; hair short, flat, broad and rounded at the tip in the 

 adult, rather more tapciing in the young ; hair on the lips rather 

 longer, more slender, and slightly curled. 



Inhab. Southern Ocean. 



Mirounga, part., Gray, Griffitlis A. K. v. 179, 1827. 



Monmga, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 33 ; Zool. Erehits 8f Terror. 



Macrorhinus (Maerorhine), F. Cuvier, Mem. Mas. xi. 200. t. 13, 1827 ; 



Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 404, 1829 ; Fischer, Sij)i. 3Lnnm. 230. 

 Cj'stopliora, ptirt., Nik-fu/i, Tl'i<i/in. Arrli. vii. 324. 

 IMacrorhATia (misprint), Grai/, Grijfith'a A. K. i. 180. 

 Rliinophora, Waykr, Xat. Sijst. Antph. 27, 1830. 



Tliis genus has many characters in common with the Crested Seal 

 of the North American continent, but differs especially in the nose 

 being provided with a proboscis, while in that genus it has a hood- 

 like swelling proceeding up the nose to the back of the head. 



The male and female are so different in size that Lord Byron mis- 

 took them for mother and young. — WedJell, Voy. 84. 



Pallas (Zool. Eosso-Asiat. i. 106) describes the skull of this species 

 as the skuU of a Sea Lion, brought from the Cape of Good Hope l)y 

 Mr. Tulbagh. 



1. Morunga elephantina. Sea Elephant. 



A Sea Lion and Lioness from Juan Fernandez, Anson, J'o)/. round the 



World (1786), t. 122. t. 19, copied Fenietty, Voy. lies Maloidnes, 



ii. 47. t. 9*. f. 1, and altered t. 8*. f. 1 ;— hence 

 Phoca leonina, Linn. S. N. i. 55 ; Schreber, Sduyeth. 297. t. 83 a ; 



lilainv. Osfpoy. Fhoque, t. 5, 9. 

 Bottle-nosed Seal, Shaic, Zool. i. t. 73 j Fe)in. Quad. ii. 531 (with an 



original description of the female). 

 Phoca Ansonii, Desrn. Mamm. 239, 369 (part only). 

 Mirounga ^^Lusonii, Gray, GriJ/ith'.s A. K. v. 180. 

 Grand I'hoque a museau ride, Buffon, Suppl. vi. 316. 

 Anson's Sea Lion, Forster, Voy. round the World, ii. 527. 

 Phoca major, &c. n. 5, " Manate from Nicaragua," Par.^on.s, Phil. 



Trans. 1751, 121 (female). 

 Phoca elephantina, Molina, Sayyio, 260(1782). 

 L'Flephant marine, ou Phoque a ti'ompe, Phoca proboscidea, Feron Sf 



Lemeur, Voi/. Terres Atmlr. ii. 34. t. 32 ; Hamilton, Siuds, t. 1(5, 17 ; 



Curier, 0.-<.-<! Foss. v. t. 18. {. 1 ; F. Cuvier, Mem. JIus. xi. t. 14. f. 1 



(skull) ; Dents de.i 3Iamm. 123. t. 39 «. 

 Phoca proboscidea, Hamilton, Jard. Xat. Lib. t. , JIus. Lirerponl. 

 Cystophora proboscidea, XiUson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837; Skand. 



I'\tuna : If'icym. ^Ireh. ; Owen, Cat. Onteol. Coll. Mas. Coll. Surf/. 638. 

 Mirounga proboscidea, Gray, Grijfi.fh\s A. K. v. 180, 1827. 

 Monmga elephantina, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 33; Cut. Seals 



B. M. 34. 



