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Syuwnyms — Orcinus orca; Orcinus rectipiiina, part; Black 

 Killer; Orca. 



Range — In the ocean coastwise (Scammon, Marine Mam- 

 mals, 1874, p. 90). 



Orcinus rectipinna (Cope) 

 Straight-finned Killer 



Original description — Orca rectipinna Cope, Proc. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869. p. 22. 



Type locality — California. 



Range — In the ocean coastwise, especially to the northward 

 (Scammon, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, pp. 56, 57). 



Family ZIPHIIDAE 

 Berardius bairdi Stejneger 



Baird Beaked Whale ' 



Original description — Berardius bairdii Stejneger, Proc. U. 

 S. Nat. Mus., 6, 1883, pp. 75, 76. 



Type locality — Stare Gavan, Bering Island, Bering Sea. 



Synonym — Baird Sperm Whale. 



Range — Ocean along northwest coast : Centerville Beach 

 near Ferndale, and Trinidad, Humboldt County (True, Bull. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 73, 1910, pp. 2, 63). 



Family PHYSETERIDAE 



Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus 



Sperm Whale 



Original description — Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 

 Syst. Nat., 1, 1758, p. 76. 



Type locality — North Atlantic Ocean near Europe. 



Range — Formerly in the ocean north along the coast of 

 California (Scammon, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1869, 

 p. 61). 



