258 LEPORINE SEAL. 
islands. The hair is shorty glossy, and bristly, 
and of an uniform blackish colour, but is marked 
on the upper part by a yellow ribbon-like band, 
so disposed as to represent, in some measure, the 
outline of a saddle, and leaving a large included 
space on the back. The head and legs were 
wanting in this skin ; the middle part only having 
been seen by Dr. Pallas, so that the size of the 
animal is unknown ; but it is concluded to be a 
very large species. 
LEPORINE SEAL. 
Phoca Leporina. P. njeUere suherecto, molli, alhido. 
Seal with white, soft, suberect fur. 
leporine Seal. Pennant ^adr. p, 277. 
This species exceeds the length of six feet, and 
is a native of the seas about Iceland ; being found 
from Spitsbergen to Tchutkinoss. In the sum- 
mer months it is found in the white sea, ascend- 
ing and descending ri\^ers in quest of prey. Its 
fur is soft, like that of a hare, growing nearly 
upright, and is of a dull white-colour: the vi- 
brissas or whiskers are long and thick : there are 
four cutting-teeth above, and the same below, 
and nails both on the fore and hind feet. 
