SYNOPSIS or THE 



Inhabit all the seas, and perhaps Lake Baikal ; live on 

 the sea-shore, and visit the water occasionally, eat fish, 

 mollusca, and algse. 



455. 1. P. Vitulina (Common Seal.) Fur yellowish- 

 g-ray, more or less variegated and spotted with brown, ac- 

 cording to its age ; hair abundant ; thick nails, black and 

 strong; whiskers waved. 



Phoca Vitulina, Lin. Sys. Nat. 



Sea Dog. Sea Wolf. Sea, Calf , Pen. Brit. ZooL Com- 

 mon Seal, Pennant. Quad. p. 270. Phoque Commune, 

 Buff on, XIII. 



Icon. Pennant, Brit. Zool- Rondelet, Pise. Marin. 453. 

 Buffon, XIII. t. 45. Supp. vi. t. 46. F. Cuv. Dent. Mam. if. 38. 

 Mam. Lithog. xvi. Shaw's Zool. 1. t. 70. 



Inhabits the North Sea. 



This species is the type of M. F. Cuvier's genus, Callo- 

 ceyhale. 



Var. a. Bothionica. Nose larger ; claws longer ; fur deeper. 



Phoca Vitulina Bothionica, Lin. Faun. Sue. 



Var. b. Sebrica, silvery. 



Phoca Vitulina Sibirica. Gmelin. Syst. Nat. 



Inhabits Lakes Oronn and Baikal. 



Said by Peron most probably to be an Otter. 



Var. c. Caspica, variegated with black, yellow, ash-co- 

 loured, and white. 



Phoca Vitulina Caspica. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 • Var. d. Maculata, adult, spotted; when young, black above, 

 white beneath. 



Phoca Maculata, Bodd. 



456. 2. P. Leporinus, (Hare Seal.) Fur yellowish, with 

 a white half collar, forming a cross on the neck ; claws of 

 the fore-feet very strong. 

 Phoca leporina, Lepechin, Act. Acad. Petrop. '** 



Phoque commune, F. Cuv. Mam. Lithog. ■ 



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