. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 594 CARA7JVA\I. 71.—Skull of OtarlaforsterL (From Gray, Vroc. Zool. Sor. 1872, p. fiOO.) side and not the other); all with similar characters, -cnerally uniradicular; crown moderate, comiiressed, pointed, with a sint;le principal cusp, and sometimes a cingulum, and more or loss do- volopod anterior and posterior accessory cus])s. A'ertebra': V 7, 1) 15, L r., S -1, 0 It-U. Mead rounded. Eyes large. Pinna of ear small, narrow, and pointed. Neck long. Skill of all the feet ex- tended far be- yond the nails and ends of the dig
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. 594 CARA7JVA\I. 71.—Skull of OtarlaforsterL (From Gray, Vroc. Zool. Sor. 1872, p. fiOO.) side and not the other); all with similar characters, -cnerally uniradicular; crown moderate, comiiressed, pointed, with a sint;le principal cusp, and sometimes a cingulum, and more or loss do- volopod anterior and posterior accessory cus])s. A'ertebra': V 7, 1) 15, L r., S -1, 0 It-U. Mead rounded. Eyes large. Pinna of ear small, narrow, and pointed. Neck long. Skill of all the feet ex- tended far be- yond the nails and ends of the digits, with a deoply-lobed margin. The nails small and often tpiite rudimentary, especially those of the first and fifth toes of both feet, the best-do\eliipecl and most constant being the three middle claws of the hind foot, which are elongated, compressed, and curved. The Eared-Seals, commonly called Sea-Bears or Sea-Lions, are Avidely distributed, especially in the temperate regions of both hemispheres, though absent from the coasts of the A'orth Atlantic. As might be inferred from their power of walking on all fours, they spend more of their time on shore, and range inland to greater distances, than the true Seals, es])ecially at the breeding time, though they are obliged always to return to the Avater to seek their food. They are gregarious and pol3'gaiii<ius, and the males are usually much larger than the females, a circumstance which has given rise to some of the confusion existing in the specific deter- mination of the various memliers of the genus. Some of the species possess, in addition to the stiff, close, hairy co\oring common to all the group, an exceedingly fine, dense, woolly under fur. The skins of these, when dressed and deprived of the longer harsh outer hairs, constitute the "sealskin" of conniierce, so much valued for wearing a])parc], which is not the product of any of the true Seals. The best-known species are 0. di'llcri, the Northern St'a,
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