8. STENORHYNCnUS. 3 



5. PHOCA. 



Phoca^ Cat. Seals Sr Whales, pp. 6 & 31. 

 Erignathus, Gill, 1865. 



1. Phoca barbata. 



Phoca barbata, Grai/, Cat. Seals 8f Whales^ p. 31. 

 Phoca lanica, Rees, Cyclopcedia, Phoca (from Lepechin). 



Inhab. North Sea. 



2. Phoca naurica. 



Phoca barbata, Temminck, Fauna Japonica. 



Phoca naurica et Phoca albigena, Pallas, Zoog. Ross.-Asiat. i. pp. 

 108, 109 (vide Sehrenck) ; Schrenck, Amur-Land, p. 181. 



Inhab. North Pacific ; Japan. Mus. Leyden. 



Tribe II. HALICHCERINA. 



Muzzle broad, rounded. Skull higher in front. Nose-hole very 

 large. Grinders conical; the two hinder of the upper and the 

 hinder one of the lower jaw double-rooted. 



Inhab. North Atlantic and Arctic Seas. 



6. HALICH(ERUS. 



Halichoerus, Grai/, Cat. Seals ^ Whales, pp. 6 & 33. 



Sect. II. Cutting-teeth four above, and four or two below. 



Tribe III. MONACHINA. 



Cutting-teeth f ; upper transversely notched. Palatine bones not 

 produced beyond the inner margin of the orbits. 



Inhab. Mediterranean and North Atlantic. 



7. MONACHUS. 

 Monachus, Grat/, Cat. Seals ^ Whales, pp. 6 & 17. 



Tribe IV. STENORHYNCHINA. 



Cutting-teeth f ; conical, acute. Hinder feet nearly clawless. 



Stenorhynchina, Grai/, Cat. Seals ^ Whales, p. 8. 

 Inhab. Antarctic Ocean. 



1. Lower jaw strong, angulated behind. Grinders two-rooted, except the 

 Jirst in each jaw. 



8. STENORHYNCHUS. 

 Stenorhynchus, Gray, Cat. Seals Sr Whales, p. 15 ; Gill^ I. c. p. 10. 



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