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The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

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The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

Name: The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...
Author: True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Beaked whales

2. _Mesoplodon densirostris_? Annisquam, Massachusetts.

3. _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey.

4. _Mesoplodon europæus._ North Long Branch, New Jersey.

5. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Type-skull. Bering Island.

6. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Posterior aspect. All figures ¼ nat. size.

            [Illustration: Plate 11 MANDIBLES OF MESOPLODON]

                       Mandibles of _Mesoplodon_.

Figs. 1, 2, and 5. _Mesoplodon bidens._ Nantucket, Massachusetts.

3 and 6. _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey.

4. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

All figures ⅕ nat. size.

  [Illustration: Plate 12 MANDIBLE AND TEETH OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI]

Fig. 1. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Mandible and tooth.
¼ nat. size.

2. The same. Left mandibular tooth. Outer surface.

3. The same. Right mandibular tooth. Inner surface.

All figures a little more than ⅗ nat. size.

   [Illustration: Plate 13 SKELETON AND LUNGS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS]

   _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey. Cat. No. 23346,
                                U.S.N.M.

Fig. 1. Vertebræ, from right to left as follows: 7th thoracic, 8th
thoracic, 1st lumbar, 1st caudal. Scale, 1/3.7 nat. size.

2. Sternum. Anterior aspect.

3. Left scapula. External surface. Scale 1/3.6 nat. size.

4. Right pectoral limb. External surface. Scale 1/3.7 nat. size.

5. Lungs. Dorsal aspect. About 1/8 nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 14 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Type of _Ziphius semijunctus_ (Cope).) Charleston, South
Carolina. Female, young. Cat. No. 21975, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat.
size.

Tip of beak slightly defective.

2. Skull. Barnegat City, New Jersey. Female, adult. Cat. No. 20971,
U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 15 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. Bering Island. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Female
(?), adult, Cat. No. 22069, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. Bering Island. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Dorsal
aspect. Cat. No. 21246. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 16 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Type of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_ Stejneger.) Bering Island.
Male (?). Cat. No. 20993, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Bering Island. Adult. Cat.
No. 21245, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 17 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Bering Island. Male
(?), adult. Cat. No. 21248, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. Newport, Rhode Island. Male, adult. Cat. No. 49599, U.S.N.M.
Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

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The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Science

The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

Beaked whales

2. _Mesoplodon densirostris_? Annisquam, Massachusetts.

3. _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey.

4. _Mesoplodon europæus._ North Long Branch, New Jersey.

5. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Type-skull. Bering Island.

6. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

Posterior aspect. All figures ¼ nat. size.

            [Illustration: Plate 11 MANDIBLES OF MESOPLODON]

                       Mandibles of _Mesoplodon_.

Figs. 1, 2, and 5. _Mesoplodon bidens._ Nantucket, Massachusetts.

3 and 6. _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey.

4. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon.

All figures ⅕ nat. size.

  [Illustration: Plate 12 MANDIBLE AND TEETH OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI]

Fig. 1. _Mesoplodon stejnegeri._ Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Mandible and tooth.
¼ nat. size.

2. The same. Left mandibular tooth. Outer surface.

3. The same. Right mandibular tooth. Inner surface.

All figures a little more than ⅗ nat. size.

   [Illustration: Plate 13 SKELETON AND LUNGS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS]

   _Mesoplodon europæus._ Atlantic City, New Jersey. Cat. No. 23346,
                                U.S.N.M.

Fig. 1. Vertebræ, from right to left as follows: 7th thoracic, 8th
thoracic, 1st lumbar, 1st caudal. Scale, 1/3.7 nat. size.

2. Sternum. Anterior aspect.

3. Left scapula. External surface. Scale 1/3.6 nat. size.

4. Right pectoral limb. External surface. Scale 1/3.7 nat. size.

5. Lungs. Dorsal aspect. About 1/8 nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 14 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Type of _Ziphius semijunctus_ (Cope).) Charleston, South
Carolina. Female, young. Cat. No. 21975, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat.
size.

Tip of beak slightly defective.

2. Skull. Barnegat City, New Jersey. Female, adult. Cat. No. 20971,
U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 15 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. Bering Island. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Female
(?), adult, Cat. No. 22069, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. Bering Island. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Dorsal
aspect. Cat. No. 21246. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 16 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Type of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_ Stejneger.) Bering Island.
Male (?). Cat. No. 20993, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Bering Island. Adult. Cat.
No. 21245, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

         [Illustration: Plate 17 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS]

                         _Ziphius cavirostris._

Fig. 1. Skull. (Topotype of _Ziphius grebnitzkii_.) Bering Island. Male
(?), adult. Cat. No. 21248, U.S.N.M. Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

2. Skull. Newport, Rhode Island. Male, adult. Cat. No. 49599, U.S.N.M.
Dorsal aspect. ⅙ nat. size.

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The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

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