SYSTEMATIC INDEX 



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3. Pronolagus crassicaudatus melanurus, Riipp. 



4. Pronolagus crassicaudatus randensis, Jameson. 



5. Pronolagus ruddi, Thos. and Schw. .... 200 



Order : CETACEA 



Sub-order : Mystacoceti 



Family : SALJENID^ 



(Whalebone Whales) 



1. Baleena australis, Desm. The Southern Black Right 



Whale 208 



2. Megaptera longimana, True. The Hump-backed Whale 210 



3. Balesnoptera sp. The Fin Whale . . . .213 



Sub-order : Odontoceti 

 Family : PHYSETERID^E 



(Sperm Whales') 

 South African species 



I. Physeter macrocephalus, Linn. The Sperm Whale or 



Cachalot 214 



I. Kogia breviceps, Gray. The Small Sperm Whale . . 216 



Family : ZIPHIIDJE 



(Bottle-nosed and Beaked Whales) 



I. Ziphius cavirostris, Cuv. Cuvier's Whale . . . 218 



1. Mesoplodon layardi, Gray. Layard's Beaked Whale . 219 



2. Mesoplodon densirostris, Flower. Blainville's Beaked 



Whale 221 



3. Mesoplodon bidens, Sow. Sowerby's Beaked Whale . 221 



Family : DELPHINIDJE 

 (Killers, Porpoises and Dolphins} 



1. Orca gladiator, Lacepede. The Killer or Grampus . 223 



2. Pseudorca crassidens, Rein. The Lesser Killer or " False 



Killer." 



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