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Small Genus: Each herd is an independent, self-perpetuati unit, and the animals of the various herds do i intermingle. Permanent, constant anatomical d ferences between the animals of the seve: herds, both in the small genus Arctocephalus and the small genus Callorhinus, have resulted in classifk tion of their members as distinct and sepan species. At least six species of the small genus Arci cephalus and three of the small genus Callorhinus ha been described.
The fur seals of the world belong to two distinct groups or genera. One of these, the small genus Arctocephalus, is widely distributed throughout the Southern Hemisphere where its members formerly existed in vast numbers along portions of the coasts of South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as on many of the islands and land masses of the Antarctic regions. Only one species of this small genus, the Guadalupe fur seal, occurs north of the equator. It was once abundant on the islands off the coast of southern and Lower California but only a few animals still remain. The second group of fur seals belong to the small genus Callorhinus and are confined to the North Pacific; there are no fur seals in the North Atlantic.
Phlox is a small genus of about 60 species, mainly hardy perennials native to the US. Most are tall herbs with magnificent blossom.
The Columbine (small genus Aquilcgia) comprise some 75 species of the
in woods and thickets, alpine meadows and the Rocky Mountains.
>ell (Campanula rotimdijolia), also known as witches' thimbles and the Scottish bluebell, has a long, slender stem and drooping bell flowers. |
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