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STUDIES OF TASMANIAN CETACEA, 



In the above notes it has been our object to supply 

 actual data, and not to repeat the published characters. 



(11). 



General Notes upon the Skeletons. 



ADULT MALE. 



All cervicals anky- 

 losed, but not to 

 sutuial extinction, 

 last two open. No 

 super o>58itication. 

 (Animal almost 

 adult— compare size 

 of skull with that 

 of the other male.) 



Twelve dorsal verte- 

 bi;e measure, in 

 an tero- posterior ex- 

 tension—Sit. 2in. 



Epiphyses not anky- 

 losed to centra of 

 vertebra'. 



Total len<^th of verte- 

 bral series, minus 

 skull — 14ft. 6in. 



ADULT FEMALE. 



All cervicals anky- 

 losed, not to extinc- 

 tion, last two open, 

 much super ossihca- 

 cation. JSpiue of 

 the axis blending 

 strongly with those 

 of the rest of the 

 series. 



I'welve dorsals 

 measure — 2ft. Tin. 



Epiphyses of ail verte- 

 l)ric ankylosed to 

 centra, and sutures 

 extinct. 



Length of vertebral 

 series— 10ft. lOin 



IMMATURE, o 



Cervicals ankylosed — 

 ligiitly, l)nt firmly, 

 excepttlie 7th,whicii 

 is loose. Five sutures 

 wide open. Right 

 neuiapopliysis has 

 not blended witli its 

 fellow nioiety. 



Tsvelve dorsals 



measure — 2ft. 5Mn. 



All epiphyses quite 

 free from the centra. 



Length 

 series 



of vertebral 

 - lOit. lOiin. 



From the above comparati\e measurements it will be 

 manifest that the adult male exceeds the adult female, in 

 size, by anything up to four feet, or over, and that an im- 



(11) Such as already siven by Beddard in .t Book of Whales and The 

 Camhridoc Natural Hisiory {.Matnmals), etc. 



