PHOCID. PHOCA. 
Fam. Il. Phocidz. Seals. 
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Neck short; hind limbs useless for terrestrial progression; palms 
and soles of feet hairy; no external ear; testes abdominal, no scrotum; 
skull without postorbital processes, and no alisphenoid canal; audi- 
tory bulle inflated; five developed claws on each foot, those of hind 
feet subequal, the first and fifth not greatly exceeding the others in 
length, and not extending beyond the toes. 
105. Phoea. 
Pe, Cl; Pitt. ME = 34. 
2 I—! 4-4 I 
emocm Lann,, Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 37; 1, 1766, p. 55. 
wmtulina Linnzus. 
Type Phox a 
Pusa Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat., 1777, p. 490. (nec Oken.) 
Calocephalus F. Cuv., Dict. Scien. Nat., xxx1x, 1826, p. 544. 
Stemmatopus F. Cuv., Dict. Scien. Nat., xxx1x, 1826, p. §50. 
Pagophilus Gray, Erebus & Terror, Zoél. 1844, p. 3. 
Pagomys Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1864, p. 31. 
Erignathus Gill, Proc. Essex Inst., 1866, p. 5. 
Haliphilus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xvi, 1866, p. 446. 
Incisors simple, conical; molars, excepting the anterior one, two- 
rooted, and generally tri-lobed, and with accessory cusps; all feet 
with five strong, compressed slightly curved claws; first and second 
digits on fore feet subequal; facial portion of skull narrow, length- 
ened; interorbital constriction considerable. 
Fic. LXXVIII. PHOCA RICHARDI. PACIFIC OCEAN SEAL. 
