SYNOPSIS OF THE 



464. 2. M Proboscidea (Peron, Sea Elephant, or Pro- 

 boscis Seal.) Hair very thinly scattered, gray; claws of the 

 fore feet small ; the occipital and sagittal ridges very pro- 

 minent; the mastoid apophysis slightly developed; cutting 

 t«eth |. 



Phoca Proboscidea, Peron and Leseur, Voyage aux Terres 

 Australes, vi. 34. 



Macrorhine. F. Cuv. Mem. Mm. vi. 200. Miouroung, 

 Native of New Holland. 



Icon. Peron and Leseur's Atlas, t. 32. F, Cuv. Mem. Mus. 

 vi. t. S.f. 1. ab. c. 



Head. Desm. Dent. Mam. t. 39. A. Teeth. 



Ency. Method. Sup. t. 6./. 4. 



Inhabits the Seas of New Holland. 



Obs. The type of M. F, Cuvier's genus, Macrorhyna. 



465. 3. M. Patagonica (Patagonian Sea-Elephant.) 

 The skull convex, the cerebral cavity more extended, and 

 the nasal region shorter than in the M. Peronii ; cutting- 

 teeth |. 



Phoque des Patagons. F. Cuv. Mem. Mus. iv. 203. 

 Icon. F. Cuv. l.c, t. 14. /. 2. Skull. 

 Described by M. F. Cuvier from a skull only of a young 

 specimen. 



466. 4. M. Ansonii (Anson's Sea-Elephant.) Hair short, 

 clear yellow ; feet and tail black ; claws of the fore-feet 

 strong. The occipital and sagittal crests slightly deve- 

 loped ; the mastoid apophyses not prominent ; the cutting- 

 teeth f . 



Phoca Leonina, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. 63. Shaw. Zool. i. 

 268. Phoca Ansonii, Desmarest, 239. 



Sea-Lion, Anson's Voyage, 122; Dampiefs Voy. i. 118?, 

 Loup Marine, Pernetty, Voy. aux Isles Maloidnes ; Lion 



180 



