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blubber as to dwarf the head and flippers to medium 

 proportions. The tusks measure from ten inches to 

 two feet in length, and weigh from five to fifteen 

 pounds ; they are long, thin, and convergent, and a 

 short bristly moustache adorns the lip from which 

 they spring. Young pups are black ; young adults 

 are brown ; old animals become almost hairless, and 

 the dark yellowish-brown hide, wrinkled like that of 

 a rhinoceros, is lined with red veinings and clotted 

 over with scurvy patches. The Pacific walrus has 

 long been confounded with the Atlantic species, but 

 the researches of naturalists have shown the following 

 differences between the two forms : 



PACIFIC WALRUS. ATLANTIC WALRUS. 



1. Muzzle broad. Muzzle narrower. 



2. Skull broader in front Skull narrower in front 



than behind. than behind. 



3. " Whites" of the eyes Eyes red and bloodshot. 



coffee-brown. 



4. Moustache short. Moustache longer. 



5. Tusks long, thin, and Tusks shorter, stouter, 



convergent. and divergent. 



In addition to the above there are also important 

 osteological differences between the two animals. 



The present species inhabits the Northern Pacific 

 and the adjacent coasts of Asia and America ; to-day 

 it is rapidly tending towards extinction. Bidding 

 fair to follow the huge rhytina or sea-cow of the same 



