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OEDERS OF MAMMALS— SEALS AXD SEA-LIOXS 



PACIFIC WALRUS, 



STELLER S SEA-LION, 



HARBOR SEAL. 



On the same scale. 



EXAMPLES DESCRIBED. 



Sea-Lions, o-ta-rvi-dae. 



ORDER 

 PINNI- . 

 PEDIA. \ ^'^-^^*' 



PHO'CI-DAE, 



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



I California Sea-Lion, . 



Steller's Sea-Lion, 

 ' Fur " Seal," . . . 



Ringed Seal, 



Harbor Seal, . 



Harp Seal, . . 



Hooded Seal, . 



Ribbon Seal, . 



( Pacific Walrus, 

 ' Atlanfic Walrus, 



Zalophus californianus. 

 Eumetopias stdleri. 

 Caltotaria ursina. 



Phoca foetida. 

 Phoca vitulina. 

 Phoca groenlandica. 

 Cyfitoplwra crifitata. 

 Histriophoca fasciata. 



Odohenus obesus. 

 Odobenus rosmarvs. 



THE SEA-LION FAMILY. 



The California Sea-Lion,- or Barking Sea- 

 Lion, is the most familiar representative of the 

 first group, for the reason that this species is 

 easiest to catch ah-\'e, and keep in captivity. Li 

 zoological gardens and travelling shows, this is 

 the animal which cries out so freciuently, and 

 with ear-piercing clearness and volume, "How- 

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

 the entire coast of California, tlie Farallone 

 Islands, the famous Chff 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. y\.n adult female which died in the Zoo- 

 logical Park weighed 112 pounds and measured- 

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

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

 pers,70i inches, girth, 31 .^ inches. These creatures 

 are very active in the water, and can climl) rocks, 



' The most important of these species will fjc 

 found well described and commented upon in Mr. 

 Henry W. Elliott's interesting volume entitled "Our 

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



^ ZaVo-phiis cal-i-jor-ni-aii'us. 



tvELLER, Photo., N. Y. Zoological Park. 



CALIFORNIA SE.V-LION. 



and e^-en high cliffs, with surprising agility. 

 AVhen 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, Ijut live chieflj' upon squids, shell-fish 



