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Studies in Tasmanian mammals, living and extinct. No. XIII. The eared seals of Tasmania.

Scott, Herbert Hedley and Lord, Clive Errol 1925 , 'Studies in Tasmanian mammals, living and extinct. No. XIII. The eared seals of Tasmania.' , Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania , pp. 75-78 .

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Abstract

The following notes upon the eared seals that inhabit
the islands and rocks of our coasts are contributed with a
view to putting upon record such data as have been accumulated
from time to time, respecting these interesting members
of our native fauna. It is, as we have urged elsewhere,
essential that a comprehensive study of our seals should be
immediately undertaken, but, pending this, it is thought advisable
to collect under a common heading such notes as we
have hitherto committed to Museum registers, cards, and
note books.
Quite recently Professor Wood-Jones has aided the taxonomy
of the question by the publication of an interesting
monograph upon South Australian Eared Seals in general,
and the total result of his researches is now available. The
extensive synonymy of the subject is tabulated in handy form,
and the animals themselves are classified under three species
of the genus Arctocephalus.
It would appear, therefore, that our most common eared
seal is rather larger than Professor Wood-Jones allowed for
in the construction of his table of specific characters of
Arctocephalus doriferus, that its nasal and crest osteological
data do not quite agree, but these are minor matters in a way,
and easy of emendation if a study of the living creatures we
are so strongly urging does not show them to belong to another
species.

Item Type: Article
Authors/Creators:Scott, Herbert Hedley and Lord, Clive Errol
Keywords: Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title: Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN: 0080-4703
Collections: Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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