SYSTEMATIC INDEX 



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3. Pronolagus eras sic audatus melanurus, Riipp. 



4. Pronolagus crassicaudatus randensis, Jameson. 



5. Pronolagus ruddi, Thos. and Schw. .... 200 



Order : CETACEA 



Sub-order : Mystacoceti 



Family : BALiENiD^ 



(Whalebone Whales) 



1. Balcena australis, Desm. The Southern Black Right 



Whale 208 



2. Megaptera longtmana, True. The Hump-backed Whale 210 



3. Balcenoptera sp. The Fin Whale . . . .213 



Sub-order : Odontoceti 



Family : Physeterid^ 



(Sperm Whales) 



South African species 



I. Physeter macrocephalus, Linn. The Sperm Whale or 



Cachalot ........ 214 



I. Kogia breviceps, Gray. The Small Sperm Whale . .216 



Family : ZiPHiiDiE 

 (Bottle-nosed and Beaked Whales) 

 I. Ziphius cavirostris, Cuv. Cuvier's Whale . . .218 



1. Mesoplodon layardi, Gray. Layard's Beaked Whale . 219 



2. Mesoplodon densirostris, Flower. Blainville's Beaked 



Whale ......... 221 



3. Mesoplodon bidens, Sow. Sowerby's Beaked Whale . 221 



Family : Delphinidje 

 (Killers, Porpoises and Dolphins) 



1. Orca gladiator, Lacepede. The Killer or Grampus . 223 



2. Pseudorca crassidens, Rein. The Lesser Killer or " False 



Killer." 



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