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...
True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
Beaked whales
Although all the specimens of _Berardius bairdii_ are more or less
incomplete, two or three of the mandibular teeth have been preserved in
nearly every instance; namely, in the adult female from St. George
Island, the left anterior and right and left posterior; in the immature
male from the same island, both anterior teeth; in the Centerville beach
specimen, the left anterior and right (?) posterior teeth; in the skull
from Bering Island formerly regarded as the type, all four teeth; in the
very young skull from Bering Island, the left anterior and posterior
teeth.
Taken as a whole, these teeth are not larger than those found in the
specimens of _B. arnuxii_ thus far recorded, but in both species they
vary so much on account of age, or for other reasons, that a comparison
of dimensions is unsatisfactory. The dimensions are as follows:
_Dimensions of teeth of Berardius arnuxii and B. bairdii._
Column headings:
A: Greatest height.
B: Greatest breadth.
Species and locality. Sex and Length. Large Small Remarks.
age. tooth. tooth.
A B A B
_B. arnuxii._ ft. in. mm. mm. mm. mm.
Akaroa (Van Beneden. Male. 32 0 [a]90 90 66 40 From
Type). figure.[b]
New Brighton (Haast Male(?). 30 6 [a]73 63 47 31 From
and Flower). figure.
Port Nicholson (Knox (?) 27 0 [a]65 50 (?) (?) From
and Hector). figure.
Locality unknown (Van (?) (?) 72 53 51 30 From
Beneden and Gervais, figure.
pl. 21 _bis_).
_B. bairdii._
49725—Centerville, Male(?), 41 ± [a]83 65 53 28
California. adult.
49726—St. George Female, 40 5 [c]79 72 62 45
Island. adult.
49727—St. George Male, im. 25 0 [a]86 61 ... ...
Island.
142118—Bering Island Young. ... ... [a]50 37 31 31
[a] Tip more or less acute.
[b] Van Beneden’s measurements are slightly different.
[c] Tip much worn.
A description of the teeth of the different specimens of _B. bairdii_ is
subjoined.
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