MAMMALIA. CETE. 26. Delphinus. 17 



55. Ph. Microps. Upper-jaw longer than the lower : back 

 with a Ion? dorsal iin. 



Small-eyed Cachalot. Shaw Zool. 2. p. 502. 



Body from 70 to 100 feet long, blackish above, whitish beneath : 

 head large, nearly half the length of the body : eyes very small : 

 teeth thick sharp, curved or straight: spiracle in the middle of the 

 front : dorsal-fin pointed like a spine. 



56. Ph. Tursio. Teeth flat at the tips : back with a very 

 long; erect fin. 



High-finned Cachalot. Penn.^.p.6^. Shaw 2. p. 503. 



Body growing to 100 feet long : teeth slightly bent, comprcfscd at 

 . the sides : spiracle placed in front ; dorsal-fin extremely long point- 

 ed, erect, resembling the mast of a ship. 



51. Ph. bidens. With a single tooth each side in the lower 

 jaw : back with a single fin. 



Two-toothed Cachalot. Sow. Lrit. Miscfl. i. tab. i. 



Body 16 feet long, 11 in circumference, black above, nearly white 

 below, with white vermicular streaks in every direction : snout 

 long, pointed, nearly of equal thicknefs its whole length : tower-jaw 

 blunt, longer than the upper : upper-jaw pointed, let into the lower 

 by imprefsions corresponding with the teeth : mcat/i i foot 6 inrhes 

 long : tongue smooth, vascular, small : eves small, 6 inches behind 

 the mouth : spiracle lunate, the ends pointing forwards: dorsal-fin 

 shorter than the pectoral. 



26. DKLPHINUS. Dolphin. 



58. D. Phocanu. Body somewhat conic, with broad back: 

 snout suddenly sloping, rather obtuse. 



Porpefse. Shaw Zcol. 2. tab. 229. 230. 23:. 



Body 6 or 7 feet long, bluish-black abo\e, white beneath: head 

 sloping suddenly and rather obtuse : eyes very small : spiracle be- 

 tween the eyes, semilunar, with the ends pointing forwards : teetk- 

 small, rather sharp, about 46 in each jaw ; tongue flat rounded, cre- 

 nate on the edge : pectoral-Jins placed near the belly : dor/al-fin 

 straight, triangular, rather beyond the middle of the body. 



59. P. Delphis. Body oblong, rather cylindrical: snout 

 long, narrow, somewhat pointed. 



Dolphin. Shaw Zool. 2. t. 229. Jonst.pisc. t. 43. 



Body 8 to 10 feet long, rather convex on the back, black above, 

 whitish beneath ; snout long, nearly of the same thicknefs its whole 

 length, pointed, with a broad transverse projection of the skin on 

 its upper part : nwuth .very long : teeth conic, pointed, a little in- 

 curved, 21 in the upper-jaw, 19 in the lower, locking into each 

 other : pectoral-fins placed very low; dorsal-Jin a little falcate, acute, 

 rather beyond the middle of the body, f piracies in middle of the head. 



<>U. D. Orca. Body thick : snout spreading upwards : 

 teeth obtuse. 



Grampus. Shaw Zool. tab. 232. 



Body 1825 feet long, very thick, black on the back, with a large 

 white spot on each shoulder, marbled on the sides with black and 

 white, snow-white on the belly : head abrupt : nose flat, turned up 

 at the end : lower-jaw much wider than the upper : teeth 30 in each 

 jaw, the frpnt ones slenderer and more obtuse: spiracle flat, of 2 

 cells, on the top of the neck ; pectoral-fins very broad: dorfal-fn . 

 acute, 5 or 6 feet long. 



61. D. bidens. Wiih 2 teeth in the front of the upper-jaw. 



Bottle-nose Whale. Uurd. P.'ii/os. trans. 77. tab, 19. 



Body 21 feet long, resembling the Dolphin, but the snout is much 

 shorter -.front bulging out very much : teeth only 2, placed in front 

 of the upper-jaw : pectoral and dorwl-jins very small, the latter 

 placed near the tail. . 



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