QUADRUPEDS. 
ORDER 
F E R iE. 
PHOCA. SEAL. 
Generic Character, 
Denies Prmores superiores 
sex, acuti, paralleli: exte- 
riores majores. 
Inferiores, quatuor, paralleli, 
distincti,3equales, obtusius- 
culi. 
Laniarii solitarii, robusti, 
acuti; superiores ab inciso- 
ribus, inferiores a molari- 
bus remoti. 
Molares quinque, v. sex, an- 
gusti, tricuspidati. 
Pedes postici coaliti. 
Fore-teeth in the upper jaw 
six; pointed, parallel: the 
exterior larger. 
In the lower jaw four; blunt- 
ish, parallel, distinct, equal. 
Canine-teeth one on each side 
in both jaws, large, point- 
ed : the upper ones distinct 
from the cutting-teeth; the 
lower from the grinders. 
Grinders five on each side 
above, six below: obtusely 
tricuspidated. 
X HIS genus, like the preceding, is marine. It 
is^ however, . so constituted as to require occasion- 
ally some intervals of repose, and even a consider- 
V. I. p. II. 17 
