Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British MuseumGray, John Edward
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Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum
Gray, John Edward
Seals (Animals); Whales
Sibbaldius laticeps, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 170, figs. 37, 38.
Rudolphius laticeps, _Gray_, _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 3.
Balænoptera laticeps, _Van Beneden_, _Ostéogr. Cét._ t. 10 & t.
11. figs. 11-35.
Inhab. North Sea.
Nose of skull more than twice the length of brain-cavity from the nasal
bones.
5. SIBBALDIUS.
Sibbaldius, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 175, 1865; _Synops. Whales &
Dolph._ p. 3.
Flowerius, _Lilljeborg_, _Nova Acta Upsal._ vi. 1867.
Dorsal fin very small, far behind, and placed on a thick prominence. Ribs
14·14; first short, sternal end very broad and deeply notched. Sternum
trifoliate, with a short broad hinder lobe. Scapula broad, with very long
acromion and short slender coracoid process. Fingers ⸺?
1. Sibbaldius borealis.
Sibbaldius borealis, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 175, fig. 39; _Synops.
Whales & Dolph._ p. 3.
Flowerius gigas, _Lilljeborg_, _Nova Acta Upsal._ vi. 1867.
Inhab. North Sea.
Mr. Flower considers _B. borealis_, Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.
1866, p. 297, from North Atlantic, as very nearly allied to _Balænoptera
Schlegelii_.
2. Sibbaldius Schlegelii.
Sibbaldius Schlegelii, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 178, figs. 40-48;
_Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 3.
Balænoptera Schlegelii, _Van Beneden_, _Ostéogr. Cét._ t. 14 &
15.
Inhab. Java.
Cervical vertebræ separate (t. 14. f. 5-12); the second with a broad
short lateral expansion, having a moderate-sized oblong perforation. Beak
of skull very long, three and a half times the length of the brain-cavity.
3. Sibbaldius? antarcticus.
Sibbaldius? antarcticus, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 381, fig. 87;
_Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 3.
Balænoptera antarctica, _Van Beneden_, _Ostéogr. Cét._ p. 234.
Inhab. Buenos Ayres.
Van Beneden regards it as a doubtful species.
4. Sibbaldius sulphureus.
Sibbaldius sulphureus, _Cope_, _Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad._
1869, pp. 10, 19, f. 11.
Sulphur-bottom _of the Whalers on the North-west Coast_.
Dorsal fin very far back.
Inhab. North Pacific, north-west coast of America, California.
5. Sibbaldius tectirostris.
Sibbaldius tectirostris, _Cope_, _Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philad._ 1869, p. 7.
Inhab. North Pacific. Skeleton, Mus. Philad.
6. Sibbaldius tuberosus.
Sibbaldius tuberosus, _Cope_, _Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad._
1867, p. ⸺.
Sibbaldius laticeps, _Cope_, _l. c._ 1866, p. 297.
Inhab. North-east coast of America.
Family 5. BALÆNOPTERIDÆ. _Pike Whales._
Balænopterina, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 114.
Balænoptera, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 114; _Lilljeborg_, _Nova Acta
Upsal._ vi.
Balænopteridæ, _Gray_, _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 3.
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