. Hand-list of seals, morses, sea-lions, and sea-bears in the British museum. Seals (Animals); Walrus. 20 HAND-LIST OF SEALS, MORSES, Pischer observed their uti-Seal-like characters when he inquired if they should not be arranged with Enhydris ; yet Quoy and Uaimard iigure the two species of this genus which they observed with elon- gate bodies and in the attitude of the common Seals {Phocida); and Gould did the same with the Australian species (I believe he had never seen the species alive). I. Skull with tJie palate elongate, produced behind. The opening of the in- teimal nostrils in a line
. Hand-list of seals, morses, sea-lions, and sea-bears in the British museum. Seals (Animals); Walrus. 20 HAND-LIST OF SEALS, MORSES, Pischer observed their uti-Seal-like characters when he inquired if they should not be arranged with Enhydris ; yet Quoy and Uaimard iigure the two species of this genus which they observed with elon- gate bodies and in the attitude of the common Seals {Phocida); and Gould did the same with the Australian species (I believe he had never seen the species alive). I. Skull with tJie palate elongate, produced behind. The opening of the in- teimal nostrils in a line just before the condyles. Orindcrs ^^. bea- lions. Tribe 1. OTAEIINA, Oray,Suppl. Cat. Seals ^ Whales, p. 12. 1. OTARIA, Gray, Cat. Seals S( Whales, p. 57; Supph p. 12. Fin-. Feet of Sea-lion. The brain-cavity is large and oblong in the skulls of the younger animals, and nearly as long as the face and palate; but these parts enlarge as the animal reaches the adult age, and when quite adult the length from the back edge of the condyle is only half, or nearly half, of the length of the palate. They are figured as Otaria leomna, F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. t. xv. no. 2 ; Otaria jubata, Blainv. Osteogr. t. iii. & vi.; Otaria Oodeffroyi, Peters, Monatsb. 1806, p. 267, t. i. * The head broad, short. The lower jaw broad behind, bowed on the sides, rounded in front. The lower edge from the angle to the gongx a^ long as the jaws are wide at the angle. Lower margin expanded in the adult. 1. Otaeia jtjbata, Cray, Suppl. Cat. Seals Sf Whales, p. 13. Otaria leonina, Gray, Cat. Seals ^ Whales, p. 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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