Search results for "Northern Fur Seal" - New World Encyclopedia

The one species of Callorhinus, the northern fur seal (Callorhinus ... 1998). For example, a large bull Northern fur seal can weigh 600 pounds ...

that Callorhinus, the genus of the Northern fur seal, is more closely related ... ** Genus Callorhinus (northern fur seal) ** Genus Eumetopias ...

species now live. The Callorhinus (northern fur seal) genus is considered ... with a single representative, the northern fur seal (C. ursinus) and eight ...

Hemisphere (Riedman 1990). The northern fur seal (Callorhinus) differs ... *** Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus *** Antarctic Fur Seal, ...

Earless seal is the common name for any of the pinnipeds comprising ... for their hides or oil, such as the ringed seal, elephant seal, monk seals ...

true seals), and eared seals (sea lions and fur seals). They are one of four ... marine, but one species, the Baikal seal or nerpa (Phoca sibirica) ...

humans, they have been a source of valuable fur and add to the human wonder ... animals with short legs, short round ears, and thick fur. ...

role in nature and is a resource of food and fur for humans, as well as sometimes ... Muskrats are covered with short, thick fur, which is medium to dark ...

characterized by webbed feet, dense fur, a long, thin weasel-like ... Otters do not depend on their specialized fur alone for survival in ...

raptor. The steller sea lion and the northern fur seal abound in the Okhotsk ... as a breeding ground for some 100,000 Northern Fur Seal. ...

waters provide haven for the Harp Seal, walrus, beluga whale, narwhal ... Barren-ground caribou herds migrate in a limited range from northern ...

Petroleum was discovered at Manantiales in 1945, converting the northern ... The discovery of petroleum at Manantiales in 1945 converted the northern ...

at Knossos unearthed 150 Linear A seal impressions and three disks ... "temple depository." In the northern part of the main cell, a ...

The islands, including their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part ... rare Asiatic migrant birds, sea lions and fur seals. The Aleutian Islands ...

by deep (up to 2,000 m) straits: the Northern Kuril Islands (Shumshu to ... eared seal, the Steller sea lion and northern fur seal, both of which aggregate ...

walrus, Steller's sea lion, Northern Fur Seal, Beluga whales, Orcas ... on the Chukchi Peninsula for the northern sea route to Arkhangelsk ...

resources, especially salmon and seal. However, during the twentieth ... that of the barren, icy plains of the northern Eskimos. They lived mostly ...

that it provided a direct route to the fur resources of the northwest ... reached the Hudson Strait at the northern tip of Labrador. Following ...

side of the river), with much of its northern border defined by Lake Erie ... and Scioto River. The rivers in the northern part of the state drain ...

The Redwood National and State Parks stretch along the northern Pacific ... Goby, Bald Eagle, Chinook Salmon, Northern Spotted Owl, and Steller ...

of food: deer, bear, elk, mountain goat, seal, and bountiful quantities ... the island in 1774, when rumors of Russian fur traders harvesting sea otters ...

animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichens, and ... of the globe to "balance" the northern lands of Europe, Asia, and ...

2006. North Dakota was carved out of the northern half of the Dakota Territory ... around Lake Superior after the advent of French fur traders. ...

The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea located in Northern Europe ... The northern part of the Baltic Sea is known as the Gulf of Bothnia ...

as the Ute, who ranged across much of the northern Colorado Plateau from at ... can be up to 60 inches. Utah's northern section is affected by air ...

the Saint Lawrence River. The central and northern portion of the province ... The northern third of the province is a region known as Nunavik (not ...

The northern boundary runs through Lake Superior, from the western ... The northern part of Lower Peninsula and the entire Upper Peninsula ...

two main groups of Eskimos: the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland ... [[Image:Seal Hunter 1999-04-03.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Seal hunter ...

Missouri's geography is highly varied. The northern part of the ... North of the Missouri River lie the Northern Plains that stretch into ...

The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal extends across the northern part ... The definition of the northern boundary of the state is highly unusual ...

, mostly in northern, western, and southwest flatlands. Frozen water ... to that of Seattle, Washington, while the northern parts have more of a subarctic ...

of Nunavut ("our land"); the northern third of Quebec, in an area ... more peripheral territories, especially the fur and mineral rich hinterlands ...

The northern boundary of the states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois ... and the cities and towns that make up the northern half of Lake, Porter, and ...

rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern boundaries, ... The Columbia River, which constitutes much of the northern border ...

primary relationship with Europeans was through the fur trade. ... On February 15, 1804, New Jersey became the last northern state to ...

The lofty Himalayan ranges surround the northern, eastern and western ... tropical in the south to tundra in the northern parts. Most of the inhabited ...

corner of the state. The peak and northern part of the mountain are ... The state shares its northern boundary with Massachusetts is marked ...

and settled; and the less-populated northern boreal forest. While the ... Precambrian seas formed the Iron Range of northern Minnesota. Following a period ...

Much of the northern part of the state is within the Great Basin Desert ... The Humboldt River crosses from east to west across the northern part ...

Philadelphia lies at the northern periphery of the temperate climate ... by creating an agricultural (tobacco) and fur-trading colony to bypass French ...

popular in folklore around Scotland and Northern England. They are said to ... ;Elf: The elf is found in Norse mythology and still survives in northern ...

techniques, particularly in calligraphy and seal engraving. ... cotton-wadded dresses. People often used fur in making clothing. Ordinary ...

the Niobrara River passing through the northern sections and forming part ... began to spring up. In 1822 the Missouri Fur Company built a headquarters ...

The northern and western areas of Pakistan are mountainous. Pakistani ... the number of wild animals being killed for fur and leather trading. Some ...

newly-acquired region. In 1817, an American fur trading post was set up at ... *Northern State University *South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ...

cluster of city-states) in what is today northern Russia. The region's ... by the use of a stylized trident tamga, or seal, by later Rus' rulers ...