15. CALLORniNUS. 



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red ; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a 

 kind of mane ; hps and nose reddish ; whiskers very long, strong, 

 Avhite, smooth, tapering to a fine point. Skull short, forehead very 

 convex and rounded. — P. Z. S. 1851), 102. 



Fiff. 16. 



CaUorhinus ursinus. Skull. 



Palate rather concave in front, nari'owcd and flattened behind, 

 with a deep narrow hinder aperture, which has a regular ovate front 

 edge ; outer upper cutting-teeth moderate ; orbit very large ; zygoma 

 very strong; grinders small. — P. Z. ^, 1859, 117. 



Ursus marinus, Steller, Nov. Cormn. Petrop. ii. 331. t. 15 ; — hence 

 Phoca ursina, Schreh. Sdm/eth. iii. 289. t. 82 ; Gmel. S. N. i. 62 ; Shmc, 



Zool. i. 265. t. 72 ; Fischer, Syn. 231 ; F. Ciiv. 3Iem. Mus. xi. 205. 



t. 15. f. 1 (skull ?). 

 Otaria ursina, Desm. in Peron 4" Lestieur, Voy'.\\. 41 ; Nouv. Diet. H. N. 



XXV. 595 ; 3Iamm. 249 ; Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 182 ; Wagner, Bull. 



Akacl. Miinchen, 1849, 168; Wiegm. Arch. Nat. 1849, 39 ; Schrenck, 



Amur-Lande, 189. 

 Otaria ursina, var., Mus. Leyden. 



Otaria Fabricii, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 419, from O. Fabr. 

 Otaria Krasclieuneuikovii, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N xiii. 420. 

 Chat marin, Kraschennenikow, Hist. Kamtsch. i. 306. 

 Ai'ctocephalus ursinus, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 554; Crrai/, in 



Brookes' s Cat. 3Ius. 37 ; Zool. Ereh. 8f Terror, 3 ; Cat. Phoeidce B. M. 



41 ; P. Z. S. 1859, 103, 107. t. 68 (skull) ; Nilsso7i, Wiegm. Arch, 

 Ursine Seal, Penn. Hist. Quad. ii. 526, 531. 

 Ours mariu, Baffon, Supp. vi. t. 47 ; Chv. Regne Anim. i. 167. 

 Sea Bgars, Forster, Cook''s Second Voy. ii. 203. 

 Young. Plioca nigra, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. 107 ? 

 CaUorhinus ursinus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 357. 

 Inhab. Northern Pacific Ocean, Kamtschatka. Behring's Straits. 

 Sea of Ochotsk, Schrenck. 



a. Skin of adult male. 



b. Skull : adult male. Behring's Straits. — Described in Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1859, 103. t. 68. 

 Skins collected to sell to the Chinese. — Pallas. 



