28 NOTES ON THE MAMMALS OF TASMANIA, 



Order CETACEiA. 

 The members of this order are cosmopolitan in many- 

 cases. Very little is known concerning the habits and 

 characteristics of some of the species. The follo'wing are 

 found in Tasmanian seas, but it cannot be considered a 

 complete list. 



Earn. B A L .^ N I D ^. 



Bal^na australis, Des. 

 Southern Right AVhale. 



BalcEiia australis, Lucas and Le Souef, An. Aust., p. 53 



(1909). 

 Euhalcena australis, Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 91 



(1865). 



NEOBALyENA MARGINATA, Gray. 



Pigmy Right Whale. 



Neohalcena marginata, L. & Le S., An. Aust., p. 53 (1909). 

 Balcena marginata, Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 90 

 (1S65). 



Megaptera boops, Fab. 



Hump-back Whale. 



Megaytera hoops, L. & Le S., An. Aust., p. 53 (1909). 

 Megaptera longrimans, Gray, Cat. Wh. Erit. Mus., p. 119 

 (1865). 



Bal^noptera huttoni, Gray. 



Sulphur-bottom Whale. 



Balcenoptera huttoni, L. & Le S., An. Aust., p. 54 (1909). 

 Balcenoptera sp.. Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 186 (1865). 



Fam. Physeterid^. 

 Physeter macrocephalus, Linn. 

 Sperm Whale or Cacholot. 



Physeter macrocejjhahis, L. & Le S., An. Aust., p. 55 



(1909). 

 Catodon macrocephalus. Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 202 



(1865). 

 Catodon australis, Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 206 



(1865). 



KoGiA BRENicEPs, Blain. 



Short-headed Sperm Whale. 



Kogia hreniceps, L. & Le S., An. Aust., p. 56 (1909); 



Gray, Cat. Wh. Brit. Mus., p. 217 (1865). 



