THE CAPE SEA LION 
(Arctocephalus pustllus) 
Also known as the Hair Seal ; Sea Dog ; Robbe 
Auruoucu not an inhabitant of the land or the 
_tivers of South Africa, yet the Cape Seal or Sea 
Lion is claimed as one of our native fauna for the 
reason that it inhabits the bays, oceans, and islands 
about the coast. 
The seal is one of the carnivorous or flesh-eating 
animals, and in this respect it is related to the cat 
and dog tribe. Without knowing anything of its 
habits, a glance at its teeth is sufficient to convince 
any naturalist that it is one of the carnivorous 
tribe of animals. However, it differs in its bodily 
organisation to all the flesh-eating land animals, 
for, instead of having well-developed legs and toes, 
it has flippers and finned feet. It is, in conse- 
quence, known as a Pinniped or Fin-footed car- 
nivore, and its carnivorous relatives which dwell 
on the land are known as Fissiped carnivores, or, 
in other words, flesh-eating animals with separate 
toes. The paddle-like feet of the seal furnish a 
remarkable instance of the evolutionary processes 
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