Order IV. Cetacea. Cetaceans. 



Family I. Balteniclte. Baleen Wlialeis. 



Subfamily I. Balseninse. 

 Genus 15. Bahena. 



Balaena Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1758, p. 75; i, 1766, p. 105. Type 



Balcena mysticetus Linnaeus. 

 Leiobakena Eschr., K. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skrifter, Naturv. 



Math. Afd. Kjobenh., 5te Raekke, i, 1849, P- 108; Unters. Nord. 



Wallth., 1849, p. 7. 

 EubalcBna Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 201. 

 Hunterus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xiv, 1864, p. 349. 

 Hunterius Gray, Cat. Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 98. 

 Macleayius Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 589, figs, i, 2. Id. Cat. 



Seals and Whales, 1866, p. 78. 



28. Balaena glacialis Bonnaterre. 



Balcena glacialis Bonn., Tab. Encycl. Method, des trois R^gnes de 

 la Nature, Cdtol., 1789, p. 3. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 

 F. C. M. Pub., II, 1901, p. 8, fig. 2. Id. Mamm. Middle 

 Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. i, 1904, p. 39, 

 fig. 10. Zool. Ser. 



Balcena biscayensis Eschr., Rev. Mag. Zool., zme S^r., i860, p. 229. 



Eubahzna australis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 202. 



BalcBfta cisarctica Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 1865, pp. 

 168-169. 



Bal(Bna britannicus Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th Ser., 1870, 

 p. 200. 



BalcBna australis var. biscayensis Lydekk., Brit. Mamm., 1895, 

 p. 260. 

 Ice Baleen Whale. 



Type locality. Coast of Maryland. 



Geogr. Distr. North Atlantic Ocean, south to Maryland on 

 American coast. 



29. Baleena sieboldii Gray. 



Bakena sieboldii Gray , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., 1864, p. 349. 

 Balcena antarctica Schleg., Abh. Geb., 1841, p. 37. (Part.) 

 Balcena australis Temm., Faun. Japon., Mamm., 1842, pis. 28, 29. 

 (nee Desmoul.) 



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