

106 MAMMALIA. FEE*. 



P. Byronii, Blainville. The occipital and sagittal ridges and the 

 mastoidal apophyses very prominent ; incisors , the upper ones 

 next the canines larger than the others Island of Tinian. 



P. cristata, Desm. (Phoca leonina, Fab.) The Crested Sea Lion. 

 Top of the forehead furnished with a moveable hood, susceptible 

 of erection, and of covering the eyes and muzzle ; incisors \. 

 Seven or eight feet long. Northern Seas. Shan;, i. pi. *J3. 



** Species without trunk or hood. 



P. albiventer, F. Cuv. (P. leptonyx, Desm. P. bicolor, Shaw.) Fur 

 above gray, variegated with yellow ; yellowish white beneath ; 

 whiskers rigid ; claws, especially those of the hind feet, small 

 Shaw, i. pi. 71 



P. Grcenlandica, Muller, ( P. oceanica, Cuv.) The Greenland 

 Seal. Fur of the adult males whitish, marked ^vith a large brown 

 spot on the shoulders ; claws strong, black ; females and young 

 covered with unequal, distant, angular spots. Inhabits the North 

 Sea Shaw, i. pi. 7L 



P. leporina, Desm. Fur yellowish ; head and body covered with 

 long and soft white hairs ; claws of the fore-feet very strong. 

 Inhabits the Northern Ocean. Mam. 243. 



P. lagura, Cuv. Fur gray, clearer on the sides and belly ; whiskers 

 black ; tail long, thin, white. Oss. Foss. v. 206. 



P. minima, Lin. The Common Seal. Fur yellowish gray, thick, 

 more or less waved or spotted with brown, according to the age ; 

 incisors | ; claws strong. North Seas. Shaw, i. pi. 70. --There 

 are numerous varieties of colour in this species. 



P.fcetida, Mull. Fur of a pale brown, variegated with white 

 above, dirty white beneath ; hair rough; claws strong; incisors |. 

 Inhabits the North Seas. Buff. Sup. vi. pi. 45. 



P. barbata, Mull. The Bearded Seal. Fur blackish ; thumb of 

 the hand shorter than the fingers ; incisors J. Inhabits the 

 North Seas Buff. vi. pi. 45. 



Sub.-Gen. 2 OTARIA, Peron. Incisors J, canines {-{, large; 

 molars J~-, root simple, and a prominent conical point ; external 

 ears distinct. 



P.jubata, (Otaria jubata, Desm.) Sea Lion. Fur yellow ; neck 

 of the male with a large mane ; hind feet with the termination 

 lobed. Inhabits the Pacific Ocean Shaw, ii. pi. 174. 



P. ursina, Lin. (Otaria ursina, Desm.) Common Sea Bear. Fur 

 brown ; males maneless ; the hind- feet furnished with long flaps 

 of skin. Kamtschatka. This is the type of M. F. Cuvier's ge- 

 nus Arctocephalus. Buff. Sup. vi. pi. 47 



P. Peronii. (Otaria Peronii, Desm.) Fur soft, blackish ; the hind 

 feet having only three claws apparent in the middle, ending in a 

 five lobed membrane. Cape of Good Hope. Buff\ xiii. t. 53. 



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