FAUNA OF THE ADRIATIC. 



Part L— LIST OF MAMMALIA. 



Order— PINNIPEDIA. 



Fam. Phocina. 



Gen. Phoca, L, 

 i. PHOCA VITULINA, L 

 The common Seal. 

 Foca (It). 



Croat, Tuljan, nerpa, morsko tele. 

 Habit Only single specimens are occasionally 

 caught at Ragusa, but not further north ; 

 identity appears doubtful as regards these 

 waters. 



Gen. Pelagius, Cm\ 

 2. PELAGIUS MONACHUS, L. 

 Phoca monachus, L. 

 The Monk. 

 Foca (//.), 

 Habit Frequents the reefs {Scogli) of the Dal- 

 matian coast, where it is not uncommon ; 

 Bay of Carin. 



Order— CETACEA. 



Fam. Delphinida, 



Gen. Delphinus, X. 



3. DELPHINUS DELPHIS, L, 



The true Dolphin. 

 Delfino comune (It.). 

 Croat, Pliskavica, piskavica, dupin. 

 Habit The most common sp. of its tribe in the 

 Adriatic, appearing in chase of the shoals of 

 mackerel and pilchards in summer. 



4. DELPHINUS TURSIO, Fabr. 



Croat., Velika pliskavica. 

 Habit. A rare sp. of the Adriatic ; Civitanova. 



5. DELPHINUS RISSOANUS, Laur. 



Grampus griseus, Cuv. (?) 



Habit. Only accidentally met with in the 

 Adriatic ; Chioggia, Zara. 



Gen. Physeter, L. 



6. PHYSETER MA CRO CEPHAL US, L. 



Spermaceti Whale. 

 Fisetere (//.). 

 Croat., Uljesura. 

 Habit. Only accidentally met with in the 

 Adriatic ; Porto S. Giorgio. 



7. PHYSETER TURSIO, L. 



Habit. Not unfrequently met with in the 

 Adriatic ; sp. from the coasts of Istria and 

 Dalmatia ; Umago, Pago. 



