540 ZALOPHUS. 
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ETI teeter 
Fic. LXXVII. ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS. CALIFORNIA SEA-LION. 
Color. This varies greatly among individuals and at different 
seasons, from yellow and brownish yellow, to reddish, and blackish 
brown; limbs blackish brown, as also the belly. After the coat is 
shed, the pelage is golden brown; whiskers yellowish white. 
Measurements. Total length, male, 2160; to outstretched hind 
flippers, 2542; fore foot, 360; hind foot, 380; tail, 110; ear, 35; longest 
whisker, 225. Female much smaller. 
