[Illustration: FIG. 79. Distribution of the bobcat in Washington. A. _Lynx rufus fasciatus._ B. _Lynx rufus pallescens._] =Lynx rufus pallescens= Merriam _Lynx fasciatus pallescens_ Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna, 16:104, October 28, 1899. _Lynx rufus uinta_ Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 55:267, August 29, 1936. _Lynx rufus pallescens_ Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 55:268, August 29, 1936. _Type._--Obtained at Trout Lake, Klickitat County, Washington, by D. Kaegi on January 10, 1895; type in United States National Museum. _Racial characters._--Size large; skull heavy with extensive crests and ridges; fur long and soft; color pale, more grayish and less reddish than in _fasciatus_. _Distribution._--From the Cascade Mountains eastward, including the valleys of rivers in the Cascades which drain southward and eastward. Marginal records of occurrences are Oroville (W. W. D.), Lake Keechelus (Taylor and Shaw, 1929: 15) and Trout Lake (W. W. D.). =Zalophus californianus= (Lesson) California sea lion _Otaria californiana_ Lesson, Dict. Class Nat. Hist., 13:420, 1828. _Zalophus californianus_ Allen, Monogr. N. Amer. Pinnipeds, U. S. Geol. and Geogr. Surv. Terr., Misc. Publ., 12:276, 1880. _Type locality._--California. _Distribution._--Rare or casual along the coast of Washington. _Description._--Adult males are 7 to 8 feet in length and females about 6 feet. Bulls weigh as much as 1,000 pounds, and females up to 600 pounds. Both fore and hind limbs are modified for swimming; they are flippers directed posteriorly. The body is cylindrical and streamlined, the neck thick and the head small. Adult males possess a high sagittal crest resulting in a high forehead. Eyes and ears are small. The reddish brown pelage is short and coarse. Females are darker than the males. The California sea lion occurs along the Pacific Coast from Mexico to northern California and has been recorded from Oregon (Bailey, 1936: 332), Washington and British Columbia (Greenwood, Newcombe, and Fraser, 1918: 1-39). It is of rare or casual occurrence along the coast of Washington. =Eumetopias jubata= (Schreber) Steller sea lion _Phoca jubata_ Schreber, Säugthiere, 3:300, 1776. _Eumetopias Stelleri_ True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 7 (1884):607, 1885. _Eumetopias jubata_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 16:113, March 15, 1902. _Type locality._--North Pacific Ocean. _Distribution._--Ocean coast, breeding on small, rocky islets such as the Quillayute Needles.