CLASS MAMMALS: ORDER CARNIVORA. 



Fig. 63. 



Bassaridse. The Civet Cat * is raccoon-like in appear- 

 ance and habits, but differs in the length and size of its 

 banded tail, and its 

 more arboreal life. 

 The California miners 

 make it a domestic 

 pet. 



OtariidaD.f The 

 Eared Seals are prin- 

 cipally found in the 

 Pacific Ocean. The 

 most remarkable spe- 

 cies is the Northern Bass&ris QM ^ Civet Cat 

 Sea Bear, I so called 

 from the striking resemblance of its head to that of the 



Fiq. ei:~ 



* The true Civets, Viverridae, belong to the Old World, while the Civet Cat is 

 found in the New. 



t The three following families are grouped under the general name of Pinnipeds 

 (fin-footed), or Pinnigrades (fin-walker?). 



t The Sea Lion (Enmetoplas stellSri) is a species of the Eared Seals with habits 

 similar to those of the Sea Bear,. Full-grown males are often thirteen feet long and 

 weigh nearly a ton. In the harbor of San Francisco hundreds of these animals are 

 seen, scrambling over the steep rocks, biting and pushing off their comrades, and 

 rolling over one another, keeping up, meanwhile, a peculiar and incessant barking, 



