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Scapanus townsendi Bach. Mole. 
In color this animal is black with a silvery gloss; its feet are human 
skin color. 
A stuffed specimen is now in the museum of the Kansas Academy of 
Science. 
Myotis yumanensis saturatus Miller. -Yellowish-Brown Bat. 
This species is quite numerous. 
Procyon lotor L. Raccoon. 
This animal is very common. 
Bnhydris (lutris?) marina. Sea Otter. 
This animal is not common; but it is occasionally captured or found 
dead on the beach. 
A starving aged squaw found one on the beach near here some four 
years ago while looking for barnacles to eat. She put it in her basket 
and brought it home, skinned it and sold the pelt for more than $200; 
then gave a “potlatch” with the money and starved to death herself the 
next summer. 
Eumetopias ateleri. Sea Lion.* 
These animals inhabit the jagged island group between Ozette and 
La Push. I have visited the islands twice, and each time have had the 
luck to see hundreds of these animals basking in the sun on the rocks, 
hear their bellowing and see their playing. It is quite amusing to see 
a sea lion “scratch” himself with his flippers. The Indians kill the sea 
lion for its flesh, which they relish very much. 
Phoca vitulina. Wair Seal.* 
These seals inhabit the rocky islands of the whole coast. The Indians 
kill them for their flesh and also for their hides. The skins are removed 
as near whole as possible, turned hair side in, tied up so as to be airtight, 
then inflated. They are then used as buoys in catching whale. No other 
wild animal is so useful to the Quilentes. 
The last three species are sea animals and are classed here only for convenience 
