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OKDEKS OF MAMMALS— SEALS AND SEA-LIONS 



PACIFIC WALRUS, 



STELLER S SEA-LION, 

 On the same scale. 



HARBOR SEAL. 



FAMILIES. 



EXAMPLES DESCRIBED. 1 



ORDER 

 PINNI- 

 PEDIA. 



Sea-Lions, o-ta-ri'i-dae, 



Seals, . . pho'ci-dae, 



Walruses, od-o-ben'i-dae. 



California Sea-Lion, . 

 1 Steller's Sea-Lion, 

 Fur " Seal," . . . 



Ringed Seal, 

 Harbor Seal, 

 Harp Seal, . 

 Hooded Seal, 

 Ribbon Seal, 



Pacific Walrus, 

 Atlantic Walrus, 



Zalophus californianus. 

 Eumetopias stelleri. 

 Callotaria ursina. 



Phoca foetida. 

 Phoca vitulina. 

 Phoca groenlandica. 

 Cystophora cristata. 

 Histriophoca fasciaia. 



Odobmus obesus. 

 Odobenus rosmarus. 



THE SEA-LION FAMILY. 



The California Sea-Lion, 2 or Barking Sea- 

 Lion, is the most familiar representative of the 

 first group, for the reason that this species is 

 easiest to catch alive, and keep in captivity. In 

 zoological gardens and travelling shows, this is 

 the animal which cries out so frequently, and 

 with ear-piercing clearness and volume, "How- 

 woo! Hook! Hoook! Hook!" It inhabits nearly 

 the entire coast of California, the Farallone 

 Islands, the famous Cliff House rocks, and the 

 Lower California peninsula. Full-grown males 

 are about 7 feet in length, weigh about 450 

 pounds, and all are of a uniform dark-brown 

 color. An adult female which died in the Zoo- 

 logical Park weighed 112 pounds and measured- 

 length of head and body, 56} inches, tail, 2f 

 inches, total length from nose to end of hind flip- 

 pers, 70| inches, girth, 31} inches. These creatures 

 are very active in the water, and can climb rocks, 



1 The most important of these species will be 

 found well described and commented upon in Mr. 

 Henry W. Elliott's interesting volume entitled "Our 

 Arctic Province." (Charles Scribner's Sons.) 



2 Zal'o-phus cal-i-for-ni-an'us. 



Keller, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. 



CALIFORNIA SEA-LION. 



and even high cliffs, with surprising agility. 

 When frightened, Captain Scammon says they 

 will leap from a height of sixty feet into the sea. 



The hair of this animal is very short, coarse, 

 and of no value. The California Sea-Lions rarely 

 eat fish, but live chiefly upon squids, shell-fish 



