8. STENORHYNCHTTS. 



5. PHOCA. 



Phoca, Cat. Seals fy Whales, pp. 6 &31. 

 Erignathus, Gill, 1865. 



1. Phoca barbata. 



Phoca barbata, Gray, Cat. Seals fy Whales, p. 31. 

 Phoca lanica, Rees, Cyclopaedia, Phoca (from Lcpechin). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



2. Phoca naurica. 



Phoca barbata, Temminck, Fauna Japonica. 



Phoca naurica et Phoca albigena, Pallas, Zoog. Ross.-Asiat. i. pp. 

 108, 109 (vide Schrenck) ; Schrenck, Amur-Land, p. 181. 



Inhab. North Pacific ; Japan. Mus. Leyden. 



Tribe II. HALICHCERINA. 



Muzzle broad, rounded. Skull higher in front. Nose-hole very- 

 large. Grinders conical ; the two hinder of the upper and the 

 hinder one of the lower jaw double-rooted. 



Inhab. North Atlantic and Arctic Seas. 



6. HALICH(ERUS. 



Halichoerus, Gray, Cat. Seals fy Whales, pp. 6 & 33. 



Sect. II. Cutting-teeth four above, and four or tioo below. 

 Tribe III. MONACHINA. 



Cutting-teeth f ; upper transversely notched. Palatine bones not 

 produced beyond the inner margin of the orbits. 



Inhab. Mediterranean and North Atlantic. 



7. MONACHUS. 

 Monachus, Gray, Cat. Seals fy Whales, pp. 6 & 17. 



Tribe IV. STENORHYNCHINA. 



Cutting-teeth £ ; conical, acute. Hinder feet nearly clawless. 



Stenorhynchina, Gray, Cat. Seals fy Wliales, p. 8. 

 Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



1. Lower jaio strong, angulated behind. Grinders two-rooted, except the 

 first in each jaw. 



8. STENORHYNCHUS. 



Stenorhynchus, Gray, Cat. Seals fy Whales, p. 15; Gill, I. c. p. 10. 



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