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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Phocidæ.—Seal-Tribe

Phocidæ.—Seal-Tribe.

Stenorhynchus.

S. leptonyx. Tasmania and southern portions of Australia,

Arctocephalus.

A. lobatus. Southern and eastern coasts of New South Wales and Tasmania.

A. cinereus. South and West coasts.

The seals of the Australian coast frequently ascend rivers to a great distance, and during the time of floods may be carried into some lake or lagoon, whence, after the subsidence of the water, retreat is impossible. Through animals of this kind being left in an extensive lake the fable of the Bunyip may have arisen. A large Seal, now in the Australian Museum, captured in fresh water, had devoured a full-grown Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus.) Three species are common on the Australian coastline, though many others inhabit the Antarctic Ocean.