CATALOGUE 



OF 



SEALS AND WHALES. 



Family PHOCID^E. 



Cutting-teeth f or | or A or |, conical or truncated; canines 

 conical, sometimes elongated ; grinders ^.| or ||, more or less lobed 

 or plaited. Head rounded ; face more or less produced ; ears, very 

 small, rudimentary, or none external ; eyes large, only slightly 

 convex. Body elongate, hairy, attenuated behind; teats 2 or 4, 

 ventral. Feet short, enveloped in the body ; the fore feet short ; 

 fingers five- clawed ; the hind feet directed backwards, and close 

 together ; toes five-elawed. Tail very short, depressed, sharp-edged 

 on each side. 



Fera (partim), Linn. S. N. i. 55. 



Bruta (part.), Linn. S. N. i. 48. 



Phoca, XwM. S. N. i. 55; Pennant, Syn. Quad. 330; Grmj, Gnfftfh'a 



A. K. V. 175. 

 Phocadfe et Trichecidte, Gray, LoncL Mefl. Repos. 1821, 302. 

 Phocidaj et Trichechida3, Gray, Ami. Phil. 1825, 340. 

 Phocidfe, Gray, Zool. Ereh. 4- Terror ; Cat. Seals B. M.l, 18-50. 

 jNIammiferes a nageoires, Anipliibies, Desni. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxiv. 



34, 1804. 

 Amphibia, Gray, Lond. Med. Repos. 1821, 302 ; Latr. Fam. R. A. 



51, 1830. 

 Phocaceeraa, Nilsson, Vetetisk. AJcad. Handl. 1837, 235 ; lUuin. Figurer 



Skand. Fauna, 1840, trand. by Br. Peters, Wieym. Arch. vii. 301. 

 (Piimipedia) Ruderfiisse, Illic/er, Prodr. 138, 1811; Rdppell, Verz. 



Senck. Samnd. 167, 1845. 

 Les Phoques et les Morses, F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 463, 465, 1829 ; 



Duvernoy, Tab. R. A. 

 Tetraptervgia, J. Brookes, Catal. Mas. 36, 1828. 

 Ursi (part.), Wayler, N. S. Amph. 27, 18.30. 

 Cynomorpba (Phoca et Otaria), Latr. Fam. R. A. 51, 1825. 

 Brocha (Morse), Latr. Fam. R. A. 52, 1825. 

 Phoques, F. Car. Dents des Mamm. 113, 1825. 



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