MAMMALIA. YERM. Seal. 121 



III. F E R JE. 



Have fix fliarp-pointed fore- teeth in the upper jaw ; 

 and Tingle tufks on each fide in both jaws. 



XIII. SEAL.— 12. PHOCA. 11. 



Has fix fliarp-pointed fore- teeth in the upper jaw, which are 

 parallel to each other, the two outermoft being larger than 

 the reft; and four rather blunt fore-teeth in the lower jaw, 

 which are parallel to each other, and equal in their fize: 

 The tufks, of which there is one on each fide in both jaws, 

 are twice the length of the fore-teeth, ftrongly made, and 

 fharp-pointed ; of thefe the upper are diflant from the fore- 

 teeth, and the under from the grinders : The grinders, of 

 which there are five on each fide above and fix below, are 

 clofe fet, and have three knobs on their grinding furfaces: 

 Has no external ears, and the hind legs are llretched much 

 backwards, and, as it were, bound together, or fettered. 



The Seals are a dirty, inquifitive race, courageous and quarrelfbme among themfelves, yet may be 

 tamed. They are polygamous, one male having many females. Their flefh is juicy and delicate 

 eating ; and their fat and hides are ufeful. They inhabit the waters, and fwim readily, moftly un- 

 der water. They walk, or rather crawl, with great difficulty, when on land, on account of their 

 fore paws being retrafted, or much fet backwards, and the hind legs being clofely united. They live 

 on fifh, and other marine productions. The Sea-ape, of Pennant, appears to belong to this genus. 



I. Urfme Seal. — 1. Phoca urfma. 1. 



Has external ears. Schreber, Hi. 289. tab. Ixxxii. 



Urfus marinus. Steller, Nov. aft. Petro. ii. 331. t. 15. Briff. quad. 166. — Sea-cat. Hift. of 



Kamtfchatka, 123. Muller. exped. 59. — Urfine Seal. Penn. hift. of quad. n. 387. Artt. zool. 

 n. 79. 



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