PHOCIDS. PHOCA. 541 
Fam. Il. Phocidz. Seals. 
Neck short; hind limbs useless for terrestrial progression; palms 
and soles of feet hairy; no external ear; testes abdominal, no scrotum; 
skull without postorbital processes, and no alisphenoid canal; audi- 
tory bulle inflated; five developed claws on each foot, those of hind 
feet subequal, the first and fifth not greatly exceeding the others in 
length, and not extending beyond the toes. 
105. Phoea. 
3-3. I-11. p 4-4. I—I __ 
I 2 = Ce 1? Ey ri M {= 34. 
PuGcaslinm 1 oyvet. Nat., 1, 1756, p. 37; 1, 2766, p..55: Type Phoca 
vitulina Linneus. 
muse scop.,, intr. Hist. Nat.;-1777, p. 4902~ (nec Oken.) 
Calocephalus F. Cuv., Dict. Scien. Nat., xxx1x, 1826, p. 544. 
Stemmatopus F. Cuv., Dict. Scien. Nat., xxx1x, 1826, p. 550. 
Pagophilus Gray, Erebus & Terror, Zool. 1844, p. 3. 
Pagomys Gray, Proc. Zodl. Soc., 1864, p. 31. 
Erignathus Gill, Proc. Essex Inst., 1866, p. 5. 
Haliphilus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xvi1, 1866, p. 446. 
_ Incisors simple, conical; molars, excepting the anterior one, two- 
rooted, and generally tri-lobed, and with accessory cusps; all feet 
with five strong, compressed slightly curved claws; first and second 
digits on fore feet subequal; facial portion of skull narrow, length- 
ened; interorbital constriction considerable. 
Fic. LXXVIII. PHOCA RICHARD!. PACIFIC OCEAN SEAL. 
