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dorsal fm placed very near the nucha, and in length 

 more than one-fifth the total length of the animal. 



Dimensions. Total length twenty -three to twen- 

 ty-five feet. 



Inhabit Spitzbergen, straits of Davis, coast of 

 New England. 



Species. 



3. Delphinus grampus^ Hunter, Epaulard des 

 Saintongeois, Orca^ Fred. Muller, Fauna Groen- 

 landica. Butkopf, of the Dutch. Grampus^ of 

 the English. Delphinus orca^ Linn. Gmel. Shaw, 

 Gen. Zool. vol. ii. part 2. pi. 232. Dauphin epau- 

 lard, Bonnaterre, Cetolog. p. 22. No. 4. Gram- 

 pus, Cuv. Regn. Anim. vol. i. p. 279. Dauphin 

 orque, Lacep. Cacholot, of Anderson. Duhamel 

 peches, pi. 9. fig. 1. (Encycl. Cetelog. pi. 12. 

 fig. 1.) Desm. Mamm. p. 517. 



Char. Essent. Body and tail elongated; cra- 

 nium slightly convex; snout cylindrical and very 

 short ; superior jaw rather longer than the infe- 

 rior, the latter broader than the former; teeth 

 unequal, blunt, conical and recurved at top ; 

 length of the dorsal fin more than one-tenth the 

 total length of the body, and placed towards the 

 middle of the back; blackish colour of the back 

 distinct from the white colour of the belly. Di- 

 mensions nearly twenty-five feet. 



Inhabit the Atlantic ocean, as far as the straits 

 of Davis. 



