3. EPIODON. 341 





Epiodou, Rajinvsque, Precis Somiol. 13 (1814) ; Anal. Nat. (no char.) ; /i^ A <V' 

 Bonaparte; Gray, P. Z. S. 18G5. ^^■^rT''! , 



Diodou (part), Lesson. 



Alianui (part), Graij, P. Z. S. 1864, 242. " ' a^:t^'^ 



Cuvier remarks, describing the head of Z. cavirostris (Oss. Foss 

 V. 350. t. 27. f. 3), that " cette tete a, coinme on voit, de grands 

 rapports avec le Cachalot, et encore de plus grands avcc I'llyperoodon. 

 EUe ne difFcre de ce dernier que parce q tie les maxillaires ne se dres- 

 sent point sur les cotes dii muscau en cloisons verticales, et que 

 respt'ce do mur derriere les narines ne se borne jias a s'elever ver- 

 ticalement, raais qu'il se recourbe pour former un demi-dorae au- ,,-!^^ 



dessus de ces ca%ites." — Oss. Foss. v. 352. t. 27. f. 3. ,..,„ » JLv'^ » 



Epiodon Desmarestii. -^ jt'VjvV**'™^'*^ 

 Grey, white-streaked. Length 13 feet. ^""^ ..^ ^i*'*^' "^ 



Epiodon Urganautus,-R(y?«rsy?<(>,P/Y'<:'/s6'o??!eo/.13,1814(no character). 

 Delpliiuus Epiodon, Desm. Mamm. 521 ; Fischer, Si/n. 516. 

 Ileterodon Epiodon, Lesson, Man. 420. 



tT^ipliius cavirostris, Cuv. Oss. Foss. v. 350. t. 27. f. 3 ; Duvernoy, Ann. t 

 Sci. Nat. 1850, xv. ; Arch. Naturg. 1852, 62 ; Gervais, Ann. Set. Nat. y\f^ 

 _xiv. ; Zool. et Paleont.Frang. t. 38. f. 1 (Heraut), f. 2 (Martigiie), ^ ^ 



t. 39!f. l-5"(Wd)7"^'----^~-^-^— --~^' " '"' ^~"'° ' \cxr^ "^ 

 Ziphius (l)ioplodon ?) ca"\'irostris, Gervais, Compt. Pendus, xxxi. 510, N fllW-^ 1 



xxxii. 358 ; Ann. Sci. Nat. xiv. 5 ; Arch. Naturg. 1852, 34. \^V ' 



Delpliinus Desmarestii, Risso, Fur. Merid. iii. 24. t. 2. f . 3 ; F. Cuv. V^'''^ 



Cetac. 159. Ia- V L - 



Ilvperoodon de Corse, Doumet, Bull. Soc. CuviSr. 1842, 207. 1. 1. f. 2, "^ 1) , , " 

 Delphinus Pliilippii, Cocco, Frichson, Arch. Nat. 1846, J04jL 6. f. 6^_ \ (' ' A . ,. 

 rij'])eroodon Doumetii, Grag, Cat. Cetac. B. M. 68. — *">- ,' \Ji- 



Hyperoodon Gervaisii, Duvernoy, Ann. Sri. Nat. 1851, xv. 67. '\ TV 



l']piodon Desmarestii, Bonap. P'aun. Ital. ?; Grag, P. Z. S. 1865. i^" *(" 



(Diodon) Le Diodon de Desmarest, Lesson, Buffon, i. 124. t. 2. f. 2. j If^N^^ 



T 



I 



Orca (Desmarestii), IVagler, N S. Amph. 34 

 Ilj'peroodon Desmarestii, Grag, Cat. Cetac. B. 31. 69. 

 Aliama Desmarestii, Grag, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 242. 



Hyperoodon, Gervais, Comides Rendus, 1850 (7tli Oct.), xxxi. 510, . >-X-*^ 

 "xxxii. 358. ^^.,^^„^-^T/M. ^ft-rvz^^'rU J~<:,c.^if r^*^^ ■ ^^^^^^ 



Inhab. Mediterranean. Coast of Frontignan, dcpartcmcnt de 1^6^ 



I'Herault, May 1850 ^Gervais). Messina {Cocco). Nice (i?/sso).t^^^^^**"' ^^ 

 Sicily (liafuiesqae). //^ ■'^^^ 



" Steel-grey, with numerous, irregular, white streaks ; beneath ^'"^ 

 white. Body thicker in the niidcUe ; tail slender, long, keeled V*-"- - =•-■ 

 rounded on the bcUy ; head not swollen, ending in a long nose; *" N^/^'TA ^ 

 upper jaw short, toothless, loM'cr much longer, bent up, and Avith ' i-'^ ^ ^ 

 two large conical teeth at the end ; teeth nicked near the tip ; the^ 1 Chj^ \ 

 eyes small, oval ; blowers large, semilunar ; pectoral fins short ; dorsal'/ 

 rather beyond the middle of the back, nearly above the vent ; the 

 caudal fin broad, festooned. Length nearly 16 feet. It differs from ^ 



D. Diodon of Hunter in the forehead not being swollen, and in the 

 lower jaw being produced and bent up, the jjcctoral being pointed, 

 the dorsal more ol)tuse, and tlie liody being wliite-streaked." Tnhab. 



