LESSER SPERM WHALE 



fifteen on each side. These teeth are slender and 

 long, with curved points, and differ from those 

 of the Sperm Whale in having a coating of enamel. 



Although widespread in its distribution, the 

 Lesser Sperm Whale is comparatively rare every- 

 where. 



Specimens have occasionally been stranded on 

 the South African coast. The Port Elizabeth 

 Museum has records of several which have been 

 washed ashore in Algoa Bay and its vicinity, but 

 in no instance has a complete undamaged skeleton 

 been secured. When the carcases drift ashore, 

 they are usually incomplete owing to the ravages of 

 sharks. 



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