SYNOPSIS OF THE 



properly speaking, whose osteological characters have been 

 examined by the Baron Cuvier. 



Otaria Peron. Cutting-teeth -f. canine-teeth ^ large ; 

 cheek-teeth ||- ; root simple ; crown with a principal conical 

 point, and one little conical lobe before and behind it; external 

 ears distinct. 



468, 1. O. ?7mwa (Common Sea-Bear.) Fur brown ; males 

 maneless. The hind feet furnished with long flaps of skin. 



Phoca Ursina, Lin. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Otaria Ursina, 

 Desm. Mam. 249. Ursus Marinus, Steller, Nov. Comm. 

 Petrop.Y. 1151. 331. 



Ours Marin, Buff. Suppl. vi. Chat Marin, Krachenninikon, 

 Hist, du Kamtschatka. 



Icon. Nov. Com.. Petrop. v. t. 15. Schreb. 182. Buffon, t. 47. 



Inhab. Kamtschatka. 



The type of M. F. Cuvier's geiius, Arctocephale. 



468. 2. 0. P^omV (Peron Sea-Bear.) Fur soft, blackish ; 

 the hind feet having only three claws apparent in the mid- 

 dle, ending in a five-lobed membrane ; bristles of the 

 whiskers round and smooth. 



Phoca pusilla, Lyn. Sys. Nat. P. Peronii, Bodd. Elen. 

 Otaria Peronii, and O. pusilla, Desm. Nov. Diet. Hist. 

 Nat. XXV. 598 and 602. 



Petit Phoque, Biifon, xiii. L'Ours Marine du Cap de 

 Bonne Esperance, F. Cuv. Dent. Mam. 



Icon. F. Cuv. Dent. Mam. t. 39. Eiicy. Method, t. in. 

 /. 2. Bufon, XIII. t. 53. 



Inhab. Cape of Good Hope. 



469. 3. O. Coronata (Crowned Sea-Bear. ) Fur black, va- 

 riegated with yellow spots ; with a yellow band on the head, 

 and a spot on the muzzle ; the hind-feet with five claws. 



Otaria Coronata, Blainville, MSS. Desm: Mam. 251. 



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