. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. LXXIX. Group of Fur Seals or Sea-bears. 510. townsendi {Arctoccphaliis), Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. \D.\LUPE Fur Seal. Type locality. Guadalupe Island, coast of Lower California,Mexico. Gcogr. Distr. Guadalupe and San Benito Islands, coast of LowerCalifornia, Mexico. God. Char. Skull: palate narrow, excavated; bulL-e flat; ascend-ing arm of preniaxilla short and thick; zygomatic root of maxillaexpanded broadly. Upper molars double-rooted, posterior upperpremolar incompletely double-rooted. Color. Skull


. The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies . Fig. LXXIX. Group of Fur Seals or Sea-bears. 510. townsendi {Arctoccphaliis), Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1897, p. \D.\LUPE Fur Seal. Type locality. Guadalupe Island, coast of Lower California,Mexico. Gcogr. Distr. Guadalupe and San Benito Islands, coast of LowerCalifornia, Mexico. God. Char. Skull: palate narrow, excavated; bulL-e flat; ascend-ing arm of preniaxilla short and thick; zygomatic root of maxillaexpanded broadly. Upper molars double-rooted, posterior upperpremolar incompletely double-rooted. Color. Skull alone preserved. Measurements. Basal length, 256; length of Hensel, 233; palatallength, 120; post-palatal length, 125; zygomatic breadth, 151; lengthof tooth row, 88; distance between canines, There are but two species known belonging to the next genus, I |the huge Sea-elephants of the islands off the coast of L^pper and lELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM. PLATE LXIII, ZOOLOG. MiROUNGA 445 Field Columbian Mus. Coll. 5 nat. size. FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM. PLATE LXIV, ZOOLOGY.


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