E. Occurs in winter in offshore waters from Alaska commonly to 

 central California, occasionally to the Mexican border; on land 

 only in the Pribilof Islands of Alaska, except sick or dead individ- 

 uals that wash ashore along the coast. Seen at sea females and 

 sub-adult males show light area on chest as they raise their head. 

 Adult male dark, almost black; snout pointed but relatively short. 

 Northern fur seal, page 6. 



EE. On land only on offshore islands of southern California and Mexico. 

 Appears similar to northern fur seal but smaller and pointed snout 

 longer. Guadalupe fur seal, page 10. 



DD. Coat coarse, no dense underfur; outer toes of hindflipper longer and 

 wider than others; snout heavy and more blunt and body proportions 

 heavier than in fur seals; newborn young dark brown, sea-lions. 



F. Voice a deep sustained bellow or growl; gap the width of two teeth 

 between the last two teeth in upper jaw; adult male up to 2, 000 

 pounds, adult female about 600 pounds; color of adult, buff or 

 yellowish tan; found from southern California to Bering Sea. Steller 

 sea-lion, page 11. 



FF. Voice a honking bark "ar-ar-ar-ar"; no wide gap between two last 

 teeth of upper jaw; adult male up to about 600 pounds, adult female 

 up to about 200 pounds; male with crest on head, usually light on 

 top; color usually dark brown, appearing almost black when wet, 

 some individuals lighter; virtually all "trained seals" are of this 

 species; occurs from Mexico to Vancouver Island, Bo Co, but 

 uncommon north of central Oregon. California sea-lion, page 14. 



BB. Hindflippers without a heel, incapable of being rotated forward for 

 walking but used as primary source of propulsion in swimming; 

 locomotion on land caterpillar-like, accomplished by hunching move- 

 ments of the body, aided by the for ef Uppers; digits of for ef Uppers 

 always with nails; hindflippers sometimes without nails; coat some- 

 times spotted or striped; whiskers sometimes beaded; no external 

 ear. The earless seals or phocids. 



G. Claws nearly absent from hindflippers, represented by claw pits; 

 upper incisors (front chisel teeth) 4: newborn young black. Elephant 

 seal and monk seal. 



H. Snout prolonged into fleshy trunk which in the adult male is capable 

 of considerable inflation; skin of adult sparsely haired, chest of 

 male with thickened warty skin or integumentary shield; length of 

 adult male about 16 feet, of adult female 9 feet; breeds on several 

 islands off southern California and Mexico but occurs regularly as 

 far north as British Columbia. Northern elephant seal, page 29. 



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