. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. uncommon. Its intelligence has been obser\'ed to be very inferior to that of the The Hoodcap (Sfemmafojjns, F. Cuv,). Four superior, and two inferior incisors; the grinders compressed and slightly three-lobed, supported by thick roots. Ph. crisTata, Gm.; Ph, leonina, Fabr.—A species attaining a length of seven or eight feet, with loose skin upon the head, which can be inflated into a sort of cowl, and is drawn over the eyes when the animal is menace
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. uncommon. Its intelligence has been obser\'ed to be very inferior to that of the The Hoodcap (Sfemmafojjns, F. Cuv,). Four superior, and two inferior incisors; the grinders compressed and slightly three-lobed, supported by thick roots. Ph. crisTata, Gm.; Ph, leonina, Fabr.—A species attaining a length of seven or eight feet, with loose skin upon the head, which can be inflated into a sort of cowl, and is drawn over the eyes when the animal is menaced, at which time the nostrils also are pufted out like bladders. From the Arctic Ocean. Finally, The Myrouxgas {MacrorJdnns, F. Cuv.; \_Cystophora, Nilsson,] )— Possess, with the incisors of the preceding, obtuse conical molars (fig. 39) [but massive canines], and muzzle lengthened into a short moveable proboscis. The largest known Seal is of this subgenus ; the Ph. leonina, Lin.—Twenty to twentj'-four feet in length [sometimes thirty, according to English measure, and of great proportionate bulk]. Brown, the muzzle of the male terminated by a wrinkled snout, which becomes inflated when the animal is angr^'. It is common in the southern latitudes of the Pacific Ocean, and of great request for the quantity of very superior oil with which it abounds. Those with external ears, The Otaries (Otaria, Peron),— »,ofM5Tou„ea Are worthv of being formed into a separate genus, inasmuch as, besides the projecting auditory conch, the four middle upper incisors ha%-e a double cutting edge (a structure not hitherto remarked in any other animal); the exterior are simple and very small, and the four inferior forked: the molars are all simply conical. The toes of their anterior swimming-paws [which are placed far backward] are almost immoveable ; and the membrane of their hind feet is prolonged into a flap beyond each toe : all the nails are thin and flat. ,Gm. (Sea
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