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Sub-Order, PINNIPEDIA. The MARINE CARNIVORA. 

 Family, TRICHECHIDyE. The WALRUSES. 

 Odobanus rosmarus. The Walrus. 



(Practically extinct as a British species. In the Pleistocene 

 Period frequented the east coasts of England, and was met 

 with occasionally off the northern coasts of Scotland down 

 to 1857. Not reported to have occurred off Ireland.) 

 Pboca vitulina. The Common Seal. 



(South-west and north coasts of England, coasts of Wales, 

 Scotland, and Ireland.) 

 Phoca groealandica. The Harp Seal. 



(Almost extinct in British waters. Formerly met with off the 

 coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland.) 

 Phoca hispida. The Ringed Seal. 

 (Very scarce. Occasionally met with on coasts of Hebrides, 

 North-east Scotland, and Eastern England.) 

 Phoca barbata. The Bearded Seal. 



(Probably extinct. Reported from Hebrides coast fifty years 

 ago. Found fossil in Eastern England.) 

 Halichoerus grypus. The Gray Seal. 



(Fairly abundant off the south-west and north coasts of Ireland, 

 and the coasts of Scotland and of all the large islands, 

 including the Hebrides. Rarely met with off the coasts of 

 Wales, Cornwall, and Norfolk.) 

 Cystophora cristata. The Hooded or Bladder-nosed Seal. 

 (Occasionally met with off the eastern coasts of England and 

 Scotland, and the Orkney Islands, and off the west coast of 

 Ireland.) 



Order, RODENTIA. The RODENTS, or GNAWING MAMMALS. 

 Sub-Order, DUPLICIDENTATA. HARES and RABBITS. 

 Family, LAGOMYID^. The PIKAS. 

 Lagoniys alpinus. The Siberian Pika. 



(Extinct. Found in Southern England during Pleistocene Period.) 



Family, LEPORID.E. HARES and RABBITS. 

 Oryctolagus cuniculus. The Common Rabbit. 



(Probably indigenous, and not directly introduced by man. 

 Abundant throughout England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.) 

 Lepus timidus. The Mountain Hare. 



(Distribution at the present day limited to Scotland, the Hebrides, 

 and Ireland, but common in England during the Pleistocene 

 Period.) 



