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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

Name: Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum
Author: Gray, John Edward

Gray, John Edward

Seals (Animals); Whales

Blower lunate. Skull:—beak simple; maxillaries not dilated above;
intermaxillaries enlarged behind, forming a more or less deep cavity
round the nostrils. Teeth 2 or 4 in front of the lower jaw, conical or
cylindrical. Cervical vertebræ:—first, second, and third united into one
mass, which is produced and truncated above; the rest thin, free.


1. EPIODON.

    Epiodon, _Gray_, _l. c._ pp. 327, 340; _Synops. Whales &
    Dolph._ p. 10.

Skull:—vomer simple, small; intermaxillaries elevated, and forming a
moderately deep, well-marked basin round the nostrils. Fingers 5; carpal
bones 6; phalanges 2, 3, 4, 3, 3. Sternal bones separate from the front,
lanceolate. Vertebra 42; the “front caudal with chevron bones. First four
cervical vertebræ united by their bodies into one mass” (Ostéog. Cét. t.
22. f. 4).


1. Epiodon Desmarestii.

    Epiodon Desmarestii, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 341; _Synops. Whales &
    Dolph._ p. 10.

    Ziphius aresques, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cétac._ t. 21. f. 1-4.

    Ziphius decavirostris (de Z. aresques), _Gervais_, _Ostéog.
    Cét._ t. 22. f. 4-11.

    Ziphius cavirostris, _Gervais_, _Zool. et Paléon. Française_,
    t. 38. f. 1, t. 39, f. 2-7.

Inhab. North Sea and Mediterranean, Hérault.


2. Epiodon australis.

    Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon, _Burmeister_, _Ann. & Mag. N. H._
    1866. xvii. p. 94, t. 3.

    Epiodon cryptodon, _Burm._, _l. c._ p. 303, t. 6; _Gray_,
    _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

    Delphinorhynchus australis, _Burmeister_, _Zeitsch. Nat._ vol.
    xxvi. 1865, p. 262; _An. Mus. Buenos Ayres_, t. 15-21.

    Ziphius de Buenos Ayres, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 31. f. 5.

Inhab. Buenos Ayres.

Vertebræ 49: cervical 7, dorsal 10, lumbar 12, caudal 20.


2. PETRORHYNCHUS.

    Petrorhynchus, _Gray_, _Cat. S. & W._ pp. 327, 342; _Synops.
    Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

Skull trigonal. Vomer swollen, forming a large, elongated tubercle
between the callous intermaxillaries. Intermaxillaries forming a deep
basin round the nostrils.


1. Petrorhynchus mediterraneus.

    Ziphius cavirostris, _Gervais_, _Zool. et Paléon. Franç._ t.
    38. f. 2, t. 39. f. 1.

    Ziphius du Canton Gironde, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. fig. 6.

    Ziphius fos. des Bouches du Rhône, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. f. 7.

    Ziphius de Corse, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. figs. 8, 9.

Inhab. Mediterranean.


2. Petrorhynchus capensis.

                                                                      B.M.

    Petrorhynchus capensis, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 346, figs. 67, 68;
    _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

    Ziphius indicus, _Van Beneden_; _Gray_, _Cat. S. & W._ p. 346,
    fig. 69.

    Ziphius du Cap-de-Bonne-Espérance, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t.
    21. f. 10.

    Ziphius de la mer des Indes, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21.
    f. 11-13.

Inhab. South Sea. Cape sea (_H. Layard_).

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Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British MuseumGray, John Edward

Science

Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

Gray, John Edward

Seals (Animals); Whales

Blower lunate. Skull:—beak simple; maxillaries not dilated above;
intermaxillaries enlarged behind, forming a more or less deep cavity
round the nostrils. Teeth 2 or 4 in front of the lower jaw, conical or
cylindrical. Cervical vertebræ:—first, second, and third united into one
mass, which is produced and truncated above; the rest thin, free.


1. EPIODON.

    Epiodon, _Gray_, _l. c._ pp. 327, 340; _Synops. Whales &
    Dolph._ p. 10.

Skull:—vomer simple, small; intermaxillaries elevated, and forming a
moderately deep, well-marked basin round the nostrils. Fingers 5; carpal
bones 6; phalanges 2, 3, 4, 3, 3. Sternal bones separate from the front,
lanceolate. Vertebra 42; the “front caudal with chevron bones. First four
cervical vertebræ united by their bodies into one mass” (Ostéog. Cét. t.
22. f. 4).


1. Epiodon Desmarestii.

    Epiodon Desmarestii, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 341; _Synops. Whales &
    Dolph._ p. 10.

    Ziphius aresques, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cétac._ t. 21. f. 1-4.

    Ziphius decavirostris (de Z. aresques), _Gervais_, _Ostéog.
    Cét._ t. 22. f. 4-11.

    Ziphius cavirostris, _Gervais_, _Zool. et Paléon. Française_,
    t. 38. f. 1, t. 39, f. 2-7.

Inhab. North Sea and Mediterranean, Hérault.


2. Epiodon australis.

    Ziphiorrhynchus cryptodon, _Burmeister_, _Ann. & Mag. N. H._
    1866. xvii. p. 94, t. 3.

    Epiodon cryptodon, _Burm._, _l. c._ p. 303, t. 6; _Gray_,
    _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

    Delphinorhynchus australis, _Burmeister_, _Zeitsch. Nat._ vol.
    xxvi. 1865, p. 262; _An. Mus. Buenos Ayres_, t. 15-21.

    Ziphius de Buenos Ayres, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 31. f. 5.

Inhab. Buenos Ayres.

Vertebræ 49: cervical 7, dorsal 10, lumbar 12, caudal 20.


2. PETRORHYNCHUS.

    Petrorhynchus, _Gray_, _Cat. S. & W._ pp. 327, 342; _Synops.
    Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

Skull trigonal. Vomer swollen, forming a large, elongated tubercle
between the callous intermaxillaries. Intermaxillaries forming a deep
basin round the nostrils.


1. Petrorhynchus mediterraneus.

    Ziphius cavirostris, _Gervais_, _Zool. et Paléon. Franç._ t.
    38. f. 2, t. 39. f. 1.

    Ziphius du Canton Gironde, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. fig. 6.

    Ziphius fos. des Bouches du Rhône, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. f. 7.

    Ziphius de Corse, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21. figs. 8, 9.

Inhab. Mediterranean.


2. Petrorhynchus capensis.

                                                                      B.M.

    Petrorhynchus capensis, _Gray_, _l. c._ p. 346, figs. 67, 68;
    _Synops. Whales & Dolph._ p. 10.

    Ziphius indicus, _Van Beneden_; _Gray_, _Cat. S. & W._ p. 346,
    fig. 69.

    Ziphius du Cap-de-Bonne-Espérance, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t.
    21. f. 10.

    Ziphius de la mer des Indes, _Gervais_, _Ostéog. Cét._ t. 21.
    f. 11-13.

Inhab. South Sea. Cape sea (_H. Layard_).

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