CHAP. XVII,] 



MAMMALIA. 



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Southern Hemisphere ; Zaloplms (2 species), North Pacific, from 

 California to Japan, and the shores of Australia and New Zea- 

 land ; Eumetofias (1 species), Behring's Straits and California. 



Fossil OtariidcB. — Eemains supposed to belong to this family- 

 have been found in the Miocene of France. 



Family 34.— TEICHECHID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Pal^arctic 

 sub-kegions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 

 Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



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The Morse, or Walrus (Trichecus rosmarus), which alone 

 constitutes this family, is a characteristic animal of the North 

 Polar regions, hardly passing south of the Arctic circle except on 

 the east and west coasts of North America, where it sometimes 

 reaches Lat. 60°. It is most abundant on the shores of Spitz- 

 bergen, but is not found on the northern shores of Asia between 

 Long. 80° and 160° E., or on the north shores of America from 

 100° to 150° west. 



Its remains have been found fossil in Europe as far south as 

 France, and in America as far as Virginia ; but the small frag- 

 ments discovered may render the identification uncertain. 



Family 35.— PHOCID^. (13 Genera, 21 Species.) 



The earless or true Seals are pretty equally divided between 

 the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, frequenting almost ex- 

 clusively the temperate and cold regions, except two species 

 said to occur among the West Indian islands. The genus 

 Phoca and its close allies, as well as Halichcerus and Pelagius, are 



