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Fur seal is the common name for eared seals comprising the genera ... *** South American fur seal, A. australis ** Genus Callorhinus ...

Eared seal is the common name for any of the marine mammals comprising ... *** South American fur seal, A. australis ** Genus Callorhinus ...

five genera and distinguished from fur seals in the same pinniped ... Sea lions are a type of "eared seal"; that is, marine mammals ...

In zoology, a seal is any pinniped other than a walrus. There are ... *** South American Fur Seal, Arctocephalus australis ** Subfamily Otariinae: ...

introduced in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found ... role in nature and is a resource of food and fur for humans, as well as sometimes ...

In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term "weasel ... humans, they have been a source of valuable fur and add to the human wonder ...

(European mink) and Neovison vison (American mink; synonym Mustela vison ... Minks have been valued historically for their thick and shiny fur ...

characterized by webbed feet, dense fur, a long, thin weasel-like ... in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. The Sea Otter (Enhydra ...

the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin to ... The steller sea lion and the northern fur seal abound in the Okhotsk region. ...

waters provide haven for the Harp Seal, walrus, beluga whale, narwhal ... Archaic or Woodland cultures farther south; or that it was a fundamentally ...

archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South America, separated from the ... Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part ...

rare Asiatic migrant birds, sea lions and fur seals. The Aleutian Islands ... these island arcs lie between the North American plates and the Pacific Plate ...

Siberia and Kamchatka Peninsula, on the south by the Alaska Peninsula and ... walrus, Steller's sea lion, Northern Fur Seal, Beluga whales, Orcas ...

part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern South America that claimed it in 1832. ... ====Baltra (South Seymour)==== During World War II Baltra was established ...

Pinnipeds: The Kuril islands are home to two species of eared seal ... . A distinct Kuril island subspecies of the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina ...

is bounded by Manitoba and Ontario to the south, and Quebec to the east. ... portions of four U.S. states (Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, and ...

the Middle States, Appalachia, and the upper south. Prior to 1984 ... north, Indiana to the west, Kentucky to the south, and West Virginia to the ...

a sparsely inhabited island group in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago ... located nearest the mainland of continental South America, and its surrounding ...

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South ... animals survive there, including penguins, fur seals, mosses, lichens, and ...

Old Town (Vieux-Québec), the only North American fortified city north of ... gave the company control over the booming fur trade and land rights across ...

the northern Pacific coast of California south of the Oregon border. The ... and erosion of seaside cliffs. The North American, Pacific, and Gorda Plates ...

same day of new statehood with the state of South Dakota. ... interlinked with that of many Native American tribes or First Nations ...

from Ogden on the north to Provo on the south with Salt Lake City as the center. ... Utah's name originates from the Native American tribe known as ...

Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee; on the south by Arkansas; and on the west ... chiefly because of the settlement of migrants from the South and its ...

The state is bounded on the south by the states of Ohio and Indiana ... Ste. Marie area. Windsor, Ontario, once the south bank of Detroit, Upper Canada ...

and Newfoundland and Labrador, and to the south the United States (the states ... The most populated region is the Saint Lawrence River valley in the ...

Bureau designates Delaware as one of the South Atlantic States, most consider ... that remained in the Union during the American Civil War. Delaware was ...

During the American Revolutionary War, British and American armies ... on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; on the south and southwest by Delaware ...

United States located on the Pacific coast south of Washington and north of ... Oregon is 295 miles (475 km) north to south and 395 miles (636 km ...

extreme northwest portion of the North American continent, is the largest ... *South central Alaska, the state's southern coastal region, contains ...

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...

geographical center of the original 13 American colonies. ... and subsequent actions, gave birth to the American Revolution and Declaration ...

influential in the development of early American government. Connecticut ... Notable figures from the state span American political and cultural ...

and originating in western Alaska, in South Central Alaska along the ... [[Image:Seal Hunter 1999-04-03.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|Seal hunter ...

of the best preserved prehistoric Native American sites in the United States ... of Michigan; on the east by Ohio; on the south by Kentucky, sharing the ...

skin.Carl Waldman. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. (New York, NY: Checkmark ... southern border of Inuit society. To the south, Native American Indian cultures ...

began in 1624 with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors ... a series of major battles in the early American Revolutionary War. The Continental ...

influxes of African, Asian, and Latin American immigrants have joined the ... the upper Mississippi River. Iowa is to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota ...

Nevada is broken up by many north-south mountain ranges. Most of these ... lowest point is along the Colorado River, south of Laughlin. ...

Once considered part of the Great American Desert, it is now one of ... Nebraska is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east ...

or Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, marking the region ... of the "homelands" of Muslims in South Asia: With P standing for ...