THE WALRUS, OR SEA-HORSE. 



Trichechus. LINN. 

 PLATE I. 



TYtc&ecAus, Linn. Trick. #osmarws,Gmel. Bqit** A/arinn* t Ray. 



Morse of the Russians. Bete a la grande dent, of the French. 

 Walros, Egede, Crantz, Anderson. Walrus, Pennant, Scores- 

 by, &c. Sea-Horse of the Whale-fishers, and sometimes Sea- 

 Cow. 



It has been well remarked, that the Walrus forms 

 a connecting link between the Mammalia of the 

 land and those of the water, corresponding in some 

 of its characters both with the Bullock and the 

 Whale, It is often seen of the size of a great Ox, 

 and sometimes exceeds the dimensions of the gi- 

 gantic Elephant. Its distinguishing characters are 

 accurately and beautifully represented in the ac- 

 companying plate, taken from a specimen in the 

 Edinburgh Royal Museum, as perfect a one per- 

 haps as is to be found in Europe. The head, well 

 proportioned to the body, is round and obtuse ; the 



