WHALES 



Fig. 130. Figmy Sperm Whale 



Genus Kogia 



Pigmy Sperm Whale. — Kogia hreviceps (Blainville). 



Size small (9-13 feet long); snout short; mouth in inferior 

 position; blow-hole placed far back on head; dorsal fin low 

 but well developed, falcate. Has been taken at scattered 

 localities along the Atlantic seaboard, but is apparently a 

 rare animal. It has almost a cosmopolitan distribution 

 and ma3^ turn up anywhere. 



Fig. 131. School of Dolphins 



Family Delphinidae. Porpoises, Dolphins, etc. 



Small to medium-sized cetaceans having teeth, usually 

 numerous, in both jaws; rostral portion of skull elongated. 



Subfamily Delphininae 

 Genus Prodelphinus 



"Color black or gray above, light below, with spots or 

 longitudinal bands." (True) 



Spotted Dolphin. — Prodelphinus plagiodon (Cope) . 



Total length about 84 inches. Found along the Atlantic 

 coast of United States; Cape Hatteras; Gulf of Mexico. 



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