Zalophus lobatus Gray 
" Asika ” 
PL. I, fig. 3. ½ 
Head round; external ear present; limbs fin- 
shaped; soles of feet wanted hair. Dentition, i %, 
c'o Di m?*/,—34. There is a great difference 
in size between sexes, tha male frequently twice 
that of female; the oldest one of the former from 
a length of 2.5 to 3 metres in average, while the 
adult female attains to 1.5 metres. Colour of 
body brownish black, generally dusky in young, 
but gradually lightened with age, or toward the 
molting season, Except the fur, oil and skin for 
the commercial products. 
Lives with gregarious and polygamous habits. 
Pup born a month earlier than fur-seal, during 
the months of May & June. Occurs in Japanese 
southern coasts southwards Tugaru Strait, and also 
distributed on the coast of Philippines, Australia 
and New Zealand. 
A closely allied species, Humetopias jubata 
(Schreber), occurs in the northern part of Japan 
from Tugaru Strait. The largest species of the 
Otaries attains to a length 4 metres in male and 
3 in female; colour of body reddish brown in tha 
breeding season, faint sepia or vandyke brown in 
Winter. 
Enhydra lutris (Linné) 
“ Rakko”’ 
PL. I, fig. 4. Nd 
Head small; trunk cylindrical, slender back- 
wards. Body attains to a length of 1,2 metres 
and length of flat tail about */, that of body. 
Limbs short and thick. Fore limb small, third 
and fourth digits fused. Hind limb big and fin- 
shaped and five phalanges united with th» web- 
membrane. Dentition, i %, ¢'/;, p*/s, m'/,—32. 
Snout and soles of limb wanted hair. New born 
pup dull brown in colour, but in adult dense 
chocolate brown. Commercial value of this fur is 
the highest among the marine beasts. The princi- 
pal food consists of sea-urchin, crabs, mollusea 
and sea-weeds. 
Monogamous, but the calving period unkown, 
Occurs in the North Pacific region only, ranging 
from the coast of Kamtchatika to the Commander 
and to the Kurile Islands. For the production of 
fur the Kurile Islands are considered the best places 
all the world over, 
Callotaria ursina (Linné) 
** Ottosei ** 
PL. I, fig. 1. GA 
Head round, eye large, body rather long, Limbs 
short and fin-shaped. Fore-limb terminated to an 
ovate form. Hind limb is '/; longer than the 
fore-limb, and phalanges ribbed on the membrane 
which units them as the web. Lips thin; yel- 
lowish white and grey moustache consisted of long, 
stiff bristles, Dentition, i?/; e '/,, p°/2, m */,—36. 
Colour of body mueh variable according to the 
age of animal; new born pup jet black, in adult 
dark, dull brown on baek, fading towards the 
flank, and still more lightened on thi» belly. At- 
tains to a length of 2 metres in male and 1.5 
metres in female. 
Occurs not only the coasts of the Pribilof, Com- 
mander Islands and eastern side of Saghalien, and 
from the southern parts of Kamtchatika to the 
Kurile Islands, but also on the coasts of the Islands 
in the southern hemisphere, from Cape Horn and 
the Folkland Island eastwards to Australia and 
New Zealand: 
Polygamous habits; adult male lands early from 
the end of May to the middle of June, and fol- 
lowed by the female in June and July. Gestation 
period is just twelve months, Economically the 
pelt of this species in the southern hemisphere 
much inferior to that in the North Pacific region. 
In the North Pacific Ocean inereased rapidly 
under the protection, put in practice of the agree- 
ment among Canada, Russia, America and Japan, 
concluded in December 1911. 
Phoca largha Pallas 
“ Huiri-azarasi "' 
PL. 1 fig. Le * 
Head round, snout narrow, nostril situated on 
dorsal and no pinna. Fore-limb burried into the 
elbow and covered by the skin, but able to sup- 
port the body. Hind limb streched out backwards 
on each side of the tail, outer digits longer than 
the middle ones.  Dentition, i*/, c!/, Dis, 
m?/,—34.  Attains to à length of 1.5 metres. 
Colour of body in adult blackish grey, with small 
black spots on back, whitish on belly. Limbs 
greyish brown. New born pup faint yellow, with 
dull greyish colour on back. 
Occurs abundantly in Kamtchatika, Saghalien 
and Kurile Islands, living always more or less 
gregariously in large or small companies, and 
wandering restricted to the neighbourhood of shores. 
The food of this species chiefly consists of fish, 
squids, ete. Not hunted for fur, but skin and oil. 
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