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XI. 29. THE CAPE SEA-LION (Olaria pusilla).—It is a singular and as yet unexplained fact in geographical distribution, that while the Sea-lions amongst Mammals and the Albatrosses amongst Birds are confined to the South Atlantic Ocean, both these groups reach up to high northern latitudes in the Pacific. In the Atlantic, no Albatross is seen “north of the line,” whereas these birds are familiar objects on the coasts of both California and Japan. No Sea-lion is met with in the Atlantic until we get to the Cape on one side and the La Plata on the other, but these animals are well-known objects at San Francisco, and the great supply of their much-valued furs comes from the far northern territory of Alaska.
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Illustrations Of New Or Rare Animals In The Zoological Society's Living Collection 2 . Nature 27, 415–418 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027415b0
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