11. HALICnCERUS. 



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Sect. II. Grinders -^ or ^ with sinf/Ie root {except the two hinder grinders 

 of Halichoerus). 



A. Ears, conch no7ie. Toes si7nple, of fore feet exsertcd, of hind feet large ; 

 the inner and outer ones large, long, the three middle ones smaller ; palm 

 and soles hairy (sometimes chaffy and callous icith tvear). Muffle hairy 



to the edge and between the nostrils. Grinders ^, 



Phocaceerna, § 2, part., JSllsson, Skand. Fauna ; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 317. 

 Phocina-, part., Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 88. 



SubfamHy 3. TRICHECHINA. 



Muzzle large, trtmcafed, simple ; canines large ; grinders lohed or 

 truncated when old. 



Cetfe, part.. Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, .346. 



Trichechina, Gray, Zool. Erebus (^- Terror, 3. 



Trichecina et Pliocina, part., Turner, P. Z. S. 1848, 88. 



Trichecliid*, Gray, Ami. Phil 1825, 340. 



TrichechidaB sen Campodontia, /. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 37, 1828. 



Les Morses, F, Cuvier, Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 465 ; Dents des 3famm. 233. 



11, HALICHffiRUS. 



Muzzle broad, rounded ; cutting-teeth ^ ; grinders |?, conical, the 

 hinder two upper and one lower double-rooted, rest simple ; canines 

 moderate ; whiskers crenulated ; muffle haiiy, becoming baldish with 

 age ; palm and soles hairy ; claws 5-5, elongate. Palate of skull 

 with a narrow rounded notch behind; lower edge of lower jaw 

 rounded, not dilated or inflexed in front. 



Fig. 11. 





Halichoerus Gi}pus. SkuU. 



Halichcenis, JVilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837; Skand. Fauna, i. 377; 



Wiegm. Arch. vii. 318. 

 Halychoerus, Honischuch, Isis, 1824, ^-iii. 810 ; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 104. 

 Phoca, sp., O. Fabr. ; Lichtenstein. 



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