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cervicals 7, dorsals n, lumbars 9, caudals 23. Total, 50. 

 Habitat: North Atlantic and North Pacific. 



BLACKFISH, PILOT WHALE, CA'ING OR GRINDHVAL 

 Globicephalus melas (Traill) 



Form robust. Head large and very round. Dorsal fin 

 thick and triangular. Pectoral fins very long and narrow. 



The color is black throughout, except for a narrow foun- 

 tain-shaped area of white on the throat, breast and belly. 

 Greatest length, 30 feet. 



Skull broad and depressed. Premaxillae strongly concave 

 in front of nares. Vertebral formula: cervicals 7, dorsals 

 n, lumbars 12-14, caudals 28-29. Total, 58 or 59. Habitat: 

 North Atlantic Ocean. 



BOTTLENOSE PORPOISE 

 Tursiops tnincatiis (Mont.) 



Head produced in the form of a beak. Strong teeth in 

 both jaws. A well-developed dorsal fin. 



The color is dark gray on the head, back and sides, and the 

 throat, breast and belly are white. Average length, 8 feet; 

 greatest length, 12 feet. 



Rostrum tapering. Palate not grooved. Symphysis of 

 mandible short. Forty to 50 teeth. Vertebral formula: cer- 

 vicals 7, dorsals 13, lumbars 17, caudals 27. Total, 64. Habi- 

 tat: North Atlantic Ocean. 



III. THE SKELETON OF THE CETACEA 



The skeletons of whales and porpoises are so frequently 

 preserved in museums that, for the benefit of those who 

 wish to understand more fully the Cetacea. a brief general 

 description of the osteology is given below. Unfortunately, 



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