380 APPENDIX 



LIST OP BRITISH MAMMALIA 



FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD TO THE 

 PRESENT DAY 



ORDER, CETACEJE. WHALES and PORPOISES. 



SUB-ORDER, ODONTOCETI. TOOTHED WHALES. 



FAMILY, DELPHINID^E. DOLPHINS and PORPOISES. 

 Monodon monoceros. The Narwhal. 



(Practically extinct. Found fossil in East Anglia, and recorded 

 within the Historical Period from the coasts of Scotland and 

 Lancashire.) 

 Delphinapterus leucas. The Beluga, or White Whale. 



(Northern coasts of Scotland and East coast of England.) 

 Phocaena communis. The Common Porpoise. 



(Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Orca gladiator. The Common Killer Whale, or Grampus. 



(Seas round British Islands.) 

 Pseudorca crassidens. The Lesser Killer. 



(Extinct. Found fossil in Lincolnshire.) 



Globicephalus melas. The Black Pish, or Pilot or 

 " Ca'ing " Whale. 



(Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Grampus griseus. Risso's Grampus. 



(Very rare. Coasts of Great Britain.) 

 Lagenorhynchus albirostris. The White-beaked Dolphin. 



(Rare. Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Lagenorhynchus acutus. The White-sided Dolphin. 



(Very rare. Northern coasts of Scotland.) 

 Delphi nns Delphls. The Common Porpoise. 



(Coasts of Southern and Eastern England and Southern Ireland.) 

 Tursiops turslo. The Bottle-nosed Dolphin. 



(Rare. Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 



FAMILY, PHYSETERID^E. SPERM and ZIPHIOID 

 WHALES. 



Physeter macrocephalus. 



(Extinct. Seas round Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Hyperoodon rostratus. The Common or Bottle-nosed 

 Whale. 



(Coasts of Great Britain.) 



