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SEALS AND SEA-LIONS 



A WALRUS is a sea mammal of great size, formed somewhat 

 like a Sea-Lion, and it is the clumsiest living creature that 

 ever comes upon land. It has two long ivory tusks that grow 



HARBOR SEAL. 



PACIFIC WALRUS. 



STELLER SEA-LION. 



On the same scale. 



downward from the upper jaw, a very thick skin which lies in 

 deep folds, no hair worth mentioning, and a very dull brain. 

 The following are the groups and species which every 

 American should know: 



FAMILIES 



SEALS. 



. Pho'ci-dae 



ORDER PINNIPEDIA 



SEA-LIONS . . . 0-ta-ri'i-dae . . 



EXAMPLES DESCRIBED 



California Sea-Lion . Zalophus calif ornianus. 

 Steller Sea-Lion .... Eumetopias stelleri. 

 Fur-Seal . . . . Callotaria ursina. 



WALRUSES . . . Od-o-ben'i-dae 



Ringed Seal 



Harbor Seal 



Harp Seal 



Hooded Seal. .. . 



Ribbon Seal .... 

 J Pacific Walrus . . 

 1 Atlantic Walrus. 



. . Phoca foetida. 



. . Phoca vitulina. 



. . Phoca groenlandica. 



. . Cystophora cristata. 



. . Histriophoca fasciata. 



. .Odobenus obesus. 



. . Odobenus rosmarus. 



