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PHYLUM CHORDATA : CLASS MAMMALIA 



CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE TWO SUB-ORDERS OF 

 LIVING CETACEANS 



MysTACOCETi or Bal^noidea, 

 baleen Cetaceans. 



The teeth are absorbed before birth. 



Whalebone or baleen-plates develop as 

 processes from the palate. 



The skull is symmetrical. 



The nasals roof the anterior nasal pas- 

 sages, which are directed upwards 

 and forwards. 



The maxilla does not overlap the orbital 

 process of the frontal. 



The lachrymal is small, and distinct 

 from the jugal. 



The tympanic is ankylosed to the peri- 

 otic. 



The rami of the mandible are arched out- 

 wards, and have no true symphysis. 



All the ribs articulate only with the 

 transverse processes of the vertebrce, 

 the capitulum being imperfect. 



The sternum is a single piece, and arti- 

 culates with a single pair of ribs ; the 

 sternal ribs are not ossified. 



The external nostrils are separate. 



The olfactory organ is distinctly de- 

 veloped. 



There is a short cteciun. 



Examples. — 



The right - whale (BalcBna), the 

 hump -back (Megaptera), the 

 rorqual [Balcenopterci). 



Odontoceti or Delphinoidea, 

 toothed Cetaceans. 



The teeth persist after birth, and are 

 generally numerous and functional. 



There is no baleen. 



The skull on its upper surface is more 

 or less asymmetrical. 



The nasals, always small, do not roof 

 the anterior nasal passages, which are 

 directed upwards and backwards. 



The maxilla covers most of the orbital 

 process of the frontal. 



The lachrymal is fused to the jugal, or 

 is large, and helps to roof the orbit. 



The tympanic is not ankylosed to the 

 periotic 



The rami of the mandible are straight, 

 and form a symphysis. 



Several anterior 2-headed ribs articulate 

 by capitula with the centra. 



The sternum has usually several seg- 

 ments, with which several usually 

 ossified sternal ribs articulate. 



The nostrils unite in a single blow-hole 

 on the top of the head. 



The olfactory organ is rudimentary or 

 absent. 



There is no caecum, except in Plata- 

 nista. 



Examples. — 



The sperm-whale (Physeier), the 

 dolphin [Delphinus), the por- 

 poise (Phoccsna), the " Gram- 

 pus " (Orca), the Ca'ing-whale 

 (Globicephalus), the allied Gram- 

 pus, the narwhal (Monodon), with 

 an enormous tusk in the male. 



