. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Mammals. SEALS. 39 Subfamily 5. Arctocephalina. Ears with a subcylindrical, distinct, external conch. Toes of the hind-feet subequal, short, with long membranes at the end: fore-feet fin- like : palm and soles bald, longitudinally grooved. Nose simple, with a rather large callous muffle above and between the nostrils : cutting teeth f, upper often bifid j grinders ^"^. ^ 6-6 The skull has a postorbital process, an alisphenoidal canal, the mastoid process strong and salient, standing aloof from the auditory h
. Catalogue of the specimens of mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. Mammals. SEALS. 39 Subfamily 5. Arctocephalina. Ears with a subcylindrical, distinct, external conch. Toes of the hind-feet subequal, short, with long membranes at the end: fore-feet fin- like : palm and soles bald, longitudinally grooved. Nose simple, with a rather large callous muffle above and between the nostrils : cutting teeth f, upper often bifid j grinders ^"^. ^ 6-6 The skull has a postorbital process, an alisphenoidal canal, the mastoid process strong and salient, standing aloof from the auditory hullse.—Turner. Fig. Arctocephalus Hookeri. Fore- and hind-feet. Arctocephalina, Gray, Zool. Erebus <^' Terror, 4; Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 88. Otaria, Perow, Voy. Terre Aust. ii. 118; Desm. Mamm. 248; Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 187 ; Gray, Griffith, A. K. v. 182; Nilsson, Vet. Akad. Hand. 1837; Scand. Fauna-, Wiegm. Arch. vii. Phoca § 3, F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. 205. Otariadae, J. Brookes, Mus. Cat. 36, 1828. 13. Arctocephalus, F. Cuv. Muzzle rather tapering in front. Cutting teeth f, upper nearly square. Grinders |^. Palate of the skull rather narrower behind than in front; short, scarcely reaching to the middle of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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