CLASS MAMMALS : OKDBK CARNITOEA. 



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Bassaridse. — The Civet Cat * is raccoon-like in appear- 

 ance and habits, but differs in the length and size of its 

 banded tail, and its ^ 



more arboreal life. 

 The California miners 

 make it a domestic 

 pet. 



Otariidae.t — The 

 Eared Seals are prin- 

 cipally found in the 

 Pacific Ocean. The 

 most remarkable spe- 

 cies is the Northern 

 Sea Bear,X so called 

 from the striking resemblance of its head to that of the 



Fig. eh. 



Bassdris astuta, Civet Cat. 



CcUlorMnus urelnus. Sea Bear. 



* The true Civets, Viverridae, belong to the Old World, while the Civet Cat is 

 found in the New. 



t The three following families are grouped under the general name of Pinnipeds 

 (fin-footed), or Pinnigrades (fin-walkers). 



X The Sea Lion (Euraetoplas stellSii) is a species of the Eared Seals with habits 

 gimilar to those of the Sea Bear. Full-grown males are often thirteen feet long and 

 weigh nearly a ton. In the harbor of San Francisco hundreds of these animals are 

 seen, scrambling over the steep rocks, biting and pushing off their comrades, and 

 rolling over one another, keeping up, meanwhile, a peculiar and incessant barking. 



