Translation 2783

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vat-ers and the coast of Japan. At. present. nortrcerri sea lions are of'
no imroitance in the uealin;;. industry in the Soviet Par Last, tue
annùal experi•,eJ;tal ta'-•:e.by ships tizere Uein" a few hundreds (650
slJeciiaenu in -1965 and 400 in 1966).
A few are talcen by coastal residents.
In Canadian waters C;,^ or 9;:: of the stocks of northern sea
lions in shore rookeries are taken annually.
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Californian Sea Lion (ZaI2.plLus
Lesson, 1B26)
The-ce are two subspac.i.e:; of the Californian sea lion in the
northern part of the l'a.cific 0cean: tne Californian sea lion p7:oper
Z. c. cca.lifornlanus) and the Japanese sea lion (Z. c. ^aponicus) .
A third subspecies lives in the southern hemisphere, the Galapa,^;;os
sea lion (Z. c. wollelJaeki) .
Pile. 23. ICrnltc;nrnuüctacïl Mopcxoïl nea.
Pig. 23. Californian sea lion..
r2r.e
adults' colour is chocolate-broti•rn of variou., àha.des.
pups are of a deep chestnut colour. The animals' coats have no dense
silky urlder.fur. '11lle rear f.lippc.r.: ^ are r:lue;l :.11ox'teJ than ttrc front
ones, and tire outer digits are broader and lonf,er. than ti.e inner ones.
The front flip-)ers are na,.rrôwor than those of the nortilern sea lion.
The llead of tl.c males Pi.,,. 23) is turned ttu :Jn:.1rp1,y; the feinales
have a lol'1,;, bx'oa.cl muzzle (a,, curnirareà wit,i tl,r:.t of femrilo fur :•ea.ls)
l'l o fe:.ir11,4;: i:Lrl'' 1;1uC11 :^.nibla..f.:r ti.an the 11111lt'.:i. '.:1r:u S.o(^l0,,,J.cil.l I)Ol.l.Y
^'6 cm, F.L1:U l.l:il.t of •