13. MOEUNGA. 39 



The whiskers are very long and large, roundish, very slightly com- 

 pressed, rather waved. 



The fore feet are rather small, oblong, obhquely truncated, the 

 wrist being nearly as long as the feet, with five elongated claws, the 

 first the smallest ; the hinder feet are moderate, the marginal toes 

 upon each side large, rounded, the three middle ones very small, 

 tapering ; all clawless. The taU conical. 



Fur short ; hair short, flat, broad and rounded at the tip in the 

 adult, rather more tapering in the young ; hair on the lips rather 

 longer, more slender, and slightly curled. 



Inhab. Southern Ocean. 



Mirounga, part., Gray, Oriffith's A. K. v. 179, 1827. 



Morunga, Gray, Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 33 ; Zool, Erebus Sf Terror. 



Macrorhinus (Macrorhine), F. Cuvier, Mim. Mm. xi. 200. 1. 13, 1827 ; 



Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 464, 1829 ; -Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 230. 

 Cystophora, part., Nihson, Wiegm. Arch. vii. 324. 

 Macrorhyna (misprint), Gray, Griffiths A. K. i. 180. 

 Rhinophora, Waghr, Nat. Syst. Amph. 27, 1830. 



This genus has many characters in common with the Crested Seal 

 of the North American continent, but differs especially in the noso 

 being provided with a proboscis, while in that genus it has a hood- 

 Uke swelling proceeding up the nose to the back of the head. 



The male and female are so different in size that Lord Byron mis- 

 took them for mother and young. — Weddell, Voy. 84. 



PaUas (Zool. Eosso-Asiat. i. 106) describes the skull of this species 

 as the skuU of a Sea Lion, brought from the Cape of Good Hope by 

 Mr. Tulbagh. 



1. Morunga elephantina. Sea Elephant. 



A Sea Lion and Lioness from Juan Fernandez, Anson, Voy. round the 



World (1786), t. 122. t. 19, copied Pemetty, Voy. lies Malouines, 



ii. 47. t. 9*. f. 1, and altered t. 8*. f. 1 ;— hence 

 Phoca.leonina, lAnn. S. N. i. 65; Schreber, Sdugeth. 297. t. 83 o ; 



lilainv. Ost&og. Phoque, t. 5, 9. 

 Bottle-nosed Seal, Shaw, Zool. i. t. 73 ; Penn. Quad. ii. 631 (with an 



original description of the female). 

 Phoca Ansonii, t)esm. Mamm. 239, 369 (part only). 

 Mirounga Ansonii, Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 180. 

 Grand Phoque a museau rid^, Buffon, Suppl. vi. 316. 

 Anson's Sea Lion, Forster, Voy. round the World, ii. 627. 

 Phoca major, &c. n. 6, "Manate from .Nicaragua," Parsons, Phil. 



Trans. 1751, 121 (female). 

 Phoca elephantina, Molina, Saggio, 260 (1782). 

 L'Elgphant marine, ou Phoque a trompe, Phoca proboscidea, PSron Sf 



Lesueur, Voy. TerresAustr. ii. 34. t. 32 ; Hamilton, Seals, 1. 16, 17 ; 



Cuvier, Oss. Foss. v. t. 18. f. 1 ; i^. Cuvier, M4m. Mus. xi. t. 14. f. 1 



(skuU) ; Dents des Mamm. 123. t. .39 a. 

 Phoca proboscidea, Hamilton, Jard. Nat. Lib. t. , Mus. Liverpool. 

 Cystophora proboscidea, Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837; Skand. 



Fauna ; Wiegm. Arch. ; Owen, Cat. Osteol. Coll. Miis. Coll. Surg. 638. 

 Mirounga proboscidea, Gray, Gfriffith's A. K. v. 180, 1827. 

 Monmga elephantina. Gray, Cat. Osteol. Spec. B. M. 33 ; Cat. Seals 



B.M.S^ 



