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
B.M.
Clymene similis, _Gray_, _P. Z. S._ 1868, p. 147, fig. 2.
Clymenia similis, _Gray_, _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 6.
Skull like _C. obscura_, but palate contracted behind; side of pterygoid
bone keeled.
Inhab. Cape of Good Hope.
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13. Clymenia crotaphiscus.
Clymenia crotaphiscus, _Cope_, _Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad._
1865, p. 13.
Supraoccipital rounded in profile; diameter of temporal fossa shorter
than the preorbital process; beak very flat, two and a half times the
breadth at notch; a keel in front of the nasal meatus.
Inhab. Unknown.
14. Clymenia esthenops.
Clymenia esthenops, _Cope_, _Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad._ 1865,
p. 12.
Outline from foramen to crest curved; cranium rounded; temporal fossa
much longer than the postorbital process; width of the muzzle at notch
two and a half times or less in the length.
Inhab. Unknown.
_Var._ Width of muzzle at notch nearly three times in the length;
triangle long.
Inhab. Unknown.
5. DELPHINAPTERUS.
Delphinapterus, _Gray_, _Cat, Seals & Whales,_ p, 276; _Synops.
Whales & Dolph._ p. 6.
Beak of skull elongate, depressed. Teeth small, slender. Dorsal fin none.
Bladebone very broad, nearly semicircular.
1. Delphinapterus Peronii.
Delphinapterus Peronii, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 276; _Synops. Whales
& Dolph._ p. 6, t. 15 (animal).
Inhab. South Atlantic, New Guinea.
c. _Beak short, thick. Palate flat behind, without any lateral groove._
6. TURSIO.
Tursio, _Gray_, _l. c._ pp. 254, 400; _P. Z. S._ 1866, p. 215;
_Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 6.
_Beak of the skull only rather longer than the brain-case, conical,
convex above, rounded. Teeth large. Skull high. The skull large, thick,
heavy, with a high swollen brain-cavity._ The beak rather longer than the
brain-case, broad, conical, stout, shelving on the sides. Teeth large,
22/22 or 22/25. The blower large. Nasal triangle produced considerably
before the notch.
[Illustration: Fig. 5. Skull of _Tursio truncatus_ (♂), adult.
Fig. 6. Under surface of the upper jaw, showing the worn surface.]
Vertebræ 62:—C. 7. D. 13. L. 17. C. 25.
Second finger very long; third shorter. Breast-bone formed of three
pieces, linear, dilated in front.
1. Tursio truncatus. (Figs. 5 & 6.)
B.M.
Tursio truncatus, _Gray_, _l. c._ pp. 258, 400. no. 6; _P. Z.
S._ 1866, p. 215, 1868, p. 561, figs. 1, 2; _Synops. Whales &
Dolph._ p. 6, (D. tursio) t. 10. f. 1.
Tursiops tursio, _Gervais_, _Ostéogr. Cét._ tab. 34. figs. 3-9.
Inhab. North Sea and Mediterranean. Coast of France and Cette (_Gervais_).
2. Tursio erebennus.
Delphinus erebennus, _Cope_, _Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad._
Delphinus tursio, _Cope_, _l. c._ 1865, p. 199.
Teeth. 23/22; premaxillaries forming an elevated rounded ridge.
Inhab. Philadelphia.
3. Tursio Metis.
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