270 LEONINE SEAL. 



denomination of beef, to distinguish it from that 

 of the Seal, which they termed lamb. 



LEONINE SEAL. 



Phoca Jubata. P. cervice (marls) jubata, Lin, Syst. Nat. Gmel. 



p. 63. 

 Reddish-brown Seal, with a large mane round the neck of the 



male. 



Leo marinus. Steller nov. act. Petrop. z. p. 360. 

 Sea-Lion. Cook t s e voy. z. 203. Forster's <vty. z. 513. 

 Leonine Seal. Pennant Quadr. z, p. 288. 



THIS is so termed from the large and loose 

 mane or floating hair with which the head and 

 neck of the male is furnished. The nose is short 

 and turns up a little: the eyes are large: the 

 whiskers very large and strong: the hair on the 

 whole body is smooth, short, and glossy : its co- 

 lour is a deep brown ; but those of this species which 

 are found on Kamtschatka are said to be reddish, 

 and the females tawny. The males are far larger 

 than females, and grow from the length of from ten 

 to fourteen feet : the females are from six to eight 

 feet, and of a more slender form than the males. 

 The weight of a full-grown male is from twelve 

 to fifteen hundred pounds. A still greater size 

 has been ascribed to those of Falkland isles, viz. 

 that of twenty-five feet in length, and nineteen or 

 twenty feet round the shoulders. 



These animals, according to Mr. Pennant, in- 

 habit, in vast numbers, the islands called Penguin 



