7* GRAMPUS. Class IV. 



26. Gram- Orca Plinii, Lib. IX. c. 6. dentata. Sib. Phalan. 7, 8. 



pus. L'oudre ou grand marfouin. Wil. Iclh. 40. Rati Jyn. 



Belon, 13. pi/}. 15. 



Orca. Rondel. 483. Gefner L'Epaulard. Brijfon Cet. 236. 



///£. 635. Leper, Springer. Delphinus orca. Lin.Jyfi. 108. 



Scbonevelde, 53. Lopare, Delphinus roftro fur- 



Butfkopf. Marten's Sphzbcrg. fum repando, dentibus la- 



124. tis ferratis. Arted. Jyn. 106. 



Bafena minor utraque maxilla 



THIS fpecies is found from the length of fif- 

 teen feet to that of twenty-five. It is re- 

 markably thick in proportion to its length, one of 

 eighteen feet being in the thicker!: place ten feec 

 diameter. With reafon then did Pliny call this 

 an immenfe heap of flefb, armed with dreadful 

 teeth *. 



It is extremely voracious, and will not even 

 fpare the porpefTe, a congenerous fifh. It is laid 

 to be a great enemy to the whale, and that it will 

 fallen on it like a dog on a bull, till the animal 

 roars with pain. 



The nofe is flat, and turns up at the end. 

 Teeth. There are thirty teeth in each jaw; thofe before 

 are blunt, round, and (lender ; the farther! (harp 

 and thick : between each is a fpace adapted to re- 

 ceive the teeth of the oppofite jaw when the mouth 

 is clofed. 



* Cujus imago nulla reprefentatione exprimi poffit alia, 

 quam carnxs immenfe dentibus irucuientis. Lib. IX, c. 6. 



The 



