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Adult male Northern Elephant Seal

          
Left ulna and premolar of Allodesmus kernensis, an early pinniped 
from the mid-Miocene Temblor Formation, located near the city of 
Bakersfield, California.
[Separate images.  Not to scale.]


Elephant seal rookery at Aņo Nuevo, San Mateo Co.

 

The order Pinnipedia is represented in California by the 
following taxa:

Family Otariidae (eared seals and sea lions)
    Genus Arctocephalus
        Arctocephalus townsendi (Guadalupe Fur Seal)
    Genus Callorhinus
        Callorhinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal)
    Genus Eumetopias
        Eumetopias jubatus (Stellar's Sea Lion)
    Genus Zalophus
        Zalophus californianus (California Sea Lion)
Family Phocidae (hair seals)
    Genus Histriophoca
        Histriophoca fasciata
(Ribbon Seal)
    Genus Mirounga    
        Mirounga angustirostris (Northern Elephant Seal)
    Genus Phoca
        Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)
    Genus Pusa
        Pusa hispida (Ringed Seal)