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SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF MAMMALIA. 



Fig. 128 represents the skull of Macrorhinus. 



The whiskers are strong, coarse, long, and screw- 

 twisted ; the eyes are large and prominent; the paddles 

 well developed, the nails small ; hair short and close ; 

 its colour grayish or bluish gray, rarely blackish brown. 

 Length from twenty to thirty feet, girth from fifteen to 

 eighteen feet. In the female there is no proboscis ; the 

 colour is dark olive-brown above, passing into yellowish 

 bay on the under parts. The hair lies in patches in all 

 directions, giving a spotted appearance to the body some- 

 what like watered silk. No nails on the hind toes. 



127.— Teeth ofElepliant-Seal. 



