. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 15. CALLORniNUS. 45 red; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a kind of mane; hps and nose reddish ; whiskers very long, strong, Avhite, smooth, tapering to a fine point. Skull short, forehead very convex and rounded.—P. Z. S. 1851), 102. Fiff. CaUorhinus ursinus. Skull. Palate rather concave in front, nari'owcd and flattened behind, with a deep narrow hinder aperture, which has a regular ovate front edge ; outer upper cutting-teeth moderate ; orbit very
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 15. CALLORniNUS. 45 red; the hair of the neck and front of the body longer, forming a kind of mane; hps and nose reddish ; whiskers very long, strong, Avhite, smooth, tapering to a fine point. Skull short, forehead very convex and rounded.—P. Z. S. 1851), 102. Fiff. CaUorhinus ursinus. Skull. Palate rather concave in front, nari'owcd and flattened behind, with a deep narrow hinder aperture, which has a regular ovate front edge ; outer upper cutting-teeth moderate ; orbit very large; zygoma very strong; grinders small.—P. Z. ^, 1859, 117. Ursus marinus, Steller, Nov. Cormn. Petrop. ii. 331. t. 15;—hence Phoca ursina, Schreh. Sdm/eth. iii. 289. t. 82; Gmel. S. N. i. 62; Shmc, Zool. i. 265. t. 72; Fischer, Syn. 231; F. Ciiv. 3Iem. Mus. xi. 205. t. 15. f. 1 (skull ?). Otaria ursina, Desm. in Peron 4" Lestieur, Voy'.\\. 41; Nouv. Diet. H. N. XXV. 595; 3Iamm. 249; Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 182; Wagner, Bull. Akacl. Miinchen, 1849,168; Wiegm. Arch. Nat. 1849, 39; Schrenck, Amur-Lande, 189. Otaria ursina, var., Mus. Leyden. Otaria Fabricii, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N. xiii. 419, from O. Fabr. Otaria Krasclieuneuikovii, Lesson, Diet. Class. H. N xiii. 420. Chat marin, Kraschennenikow, Hist. Kamtsch. i. 306. Ai'ctocephalus ursinus, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xxxix. 554; Crrai/, in Brookes's Cat. 3Ius. 37 ; Zool. Ereh. 8f Terror, 3 ; Cat. Phoeidce B. M. 41; P. Z. S. 1859,103, 107. t. 68 (skull) ; Nilsso7i, Wiegm. Arch, Ursine Seal, Penn. Hist. Quad. ii. 526, 531. Ours mariu, Baffon, Supp. vi. t. 47; Chv. Regne Anim. i. 167. Sea Bgars, Forster, Cook''s Second Voy. ii. 203. Young. Plioca nigra, Pallas, Zool. Rosso-Asiat. 107 ? CaUorhinus ursinus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 357. Inhab. Northern Pacific Ocean, Kamtschatka. Behring's Straits. Sea of Ochotsk, Schrenck. a. Skin of adult male. b. Skull: adult male. Behring's Straits.—Described in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1
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