The Sea-Lion 
neck of the male being provided mth a well-developed 
mane. The ears are only half an inch in length, or 
rather more, the muzzle being armed, with numerous 
stout long whiskers. This species is also polygamous, 
a single male tending from twenty to thirty females. 
They are very fierce and powerful animals, waging 
destructive wars upon the sea-bears. The Sea-lion is 
(Otaria jubata). 
principally found off the coasts of Terra-del-Fuego and 
the Falkland Islands. 
THE SEA-ELEPHANT {Morunga prohoscidea) is a 
gigantic and extraordinary-looking animal. In Profes- 
sor Nilsson’s arrangement it is described as a species 
of Cystophora, a genus which is equivalent to the 
Macrorliinm of F. Cuvier. The title here employed 
[•ig 
The Sea-Elephant (Morunga proboscidea). 
is that given in the list of Phocidee contained in the 
British Museum. The body of an adult Sea- elephant 
attains the enormous length of four-and-twenty feet, 
some specimens, it is said, considerably exceeding this 
measurement; the young at the time of birth being 
about the size of a full-grown Pliocu vitulina! The 
most singular feature in this species, however, consists 
in the presence of a strongly-developed proboscidiform 
muzzle in the male, capable of being extended to a dis- 
distance of twelve inches beyond the mouth, and conse 
Piiocinai.- 
-MAMMALIA.- 
-PnociD.K. 
THE SEA-LION {Otaria jubata) . — Much discrepancy 
of opinion has all along existed in regard to the distinc- 
tions of these aberrant forms of seals, and even now 
much confusion remains respecting them. Several 
species have been included under the above title by 
different voyagers. The true Sea-lion is a huge animal, 
the males measuring from ten to fifteen feet in length 
(fig. 38). The fur has a yellowish-brown colour, the 
Fig. 38. 
