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Synonym — Common Porpoise, part. 



Range — The ocean coastwise (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 

 1874, p. 98). 



Phocaena phocaena (Linnaeus) 



Bay Porpoise 



Original description — Delphinus phocaena Linnaeus, Syst. 

 Nat., 1, 1758, p. 77. 



Type /oca/Z/y— European and Baltic seas. 



Synonyms — Phocaena communis; Phocaena vomerina; 

 Common Porpoise, part. 



Range — The ocean and bays coastwise including San Fran- 

 cisco Bay (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, pp. 95, 97). 



Grampus griseus (Cuvier) 

 Common Grampus 



Original description — "Delphinus griseus Cuvier, Ann. Mus. 

 Paris, 1812, p. 14, pi. 1, fig. 1." 



Type locality — "Brest, coast of France." 



Synonym — Grampus stcarnsii Dall, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 5, January, 1873, p. 13 (types from Monterey, California). 



Range — The ocean coastwise (Scammon, Marine Mammals, 

 1874, pp. 103, 300). 



Globicephalus scammoni Cope 

 Scammon Blackfish 



Original description — Globiocephalus scammoni Cope, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, p. 21. 



Type locality — Coast of Lower California {fide Dall, in 

 Scammon, Marine Mammals, 1874, p. 299). 



Range — The ocean north from Lower California (Scammon, 

 Marine Mammals, 1874, pp. 85-87). 



Orcinus ater (Cope) 



Pacific Killer 



Original description — Orca ater Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1869, p. 22. 



Type locality — Northwest coast. 



