Identifier: marinemammalsofn00scam (find matches)
Title: The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Scammon, Charles Melville, 1825-1911
Subjects: Marine mammals Cetacea Sealing Whaling Whales Dolphins
Publisher: San Francisco, J.H. Carmany New York, Putnam
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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GILL. 1 MALE. 2 FEMALE.
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From Photo, iy Watkins SEA-LI Oil (Eumetopias Stelleri.) Gill. 1 MALE.2 ft THE SEA ELEPHANT. 117 surface—and sometimes the throat is more or less marked with white spots. Itsproboscis extends from opposite the angle of the mouth forward (in the largermales) about fifteen inches, when the creature is in a state of quietude, and theupper surface appears ridgy ; but when the animal makes an excited respiration,the trunk becomes more elongated, and the ridges nearly disappear. The mouth isfurnished with teeth similar to those of the Sea Lion. The adult females average tenfeet in length between extremities. They are destitute of the proboscis, the nose be-ing like that of the common seal, but projecting more over the mouth. Their canineteeth are shorter, smoother below the sockets, larger at the base, and hollow nearlyto the upper point. The sailors on a voyage to the Sea Elephant grounds, not havinga supply of tobacco pipes, made them of these teeth, and the quills or leg bonesof the pe

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