SCANDINAVIAN CETACEA. 



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Measurements of some parts of the skeleton of Balænoptera musculus} 





„, , , , Parts of a 

 Skeleton from g^^j^j^^ .^ 



Greenland, at Christiania 

 Copenhagen. ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ 

 Young ma e. ^ 



Skeleton at 



Bergen from 



Norway. 



Old male. 



Skeleton de- 

 scribed by 

 Corapanyo. 



Young male. 



Length of skeleton ..... 



53' 







58' 





76' 61" 



„ of skull . . . . 



— 



14' 



14' 





16' 51" 



Width of „ . . . ' . 



— 



6' 4|" 



6' 



81" 



6' 1" 



Length of lower jaw .... 



13'— 14' 



14' 6" 



15' 





15' 4|" 



Circumference „ „ at the middle 



2' 3" 



2' 65" 



2' 



9" 



2' 71^" 



Distance from hinder edge of condylus to processus 













coronoideus ..... 



— 



2' 11" 



2' 



11" 



— 



Height of processus coronoideus 



— 



71" 





81" 



— 



Distance between the points of processus transversi of 













atlas ...... 



— 



— 



2' 



2|" 





Height of atlas ..... 



— 



— 



1' 



2" 



— 



Distance between the points of processus transversi of 



















3' 



03" 



3' 01" 



axis ...... 









"4 





Height of axis ..... 



— 



— 



1' 



2|" 



— 



Distance between the points of processus transversi of 













the 5th cervical vertebra .... 



— 



— 



3' 







Height of 5th cervical vertebra 



— 



— 





iir 



— 



Length of corpus of last dorsal vertebra 



— 



— 





9" 



1' 0^" 



„ of first lumbosacral vertebra . 



9" 



— 





9|" 



— 



Width „ „ „ . . 



111" 



— 



1' 



2" 



— 



Length of processus transversi of „ 



1' 21'' 



— 



r 



sr 



11|" 



„ of corpus of 15th lumbosacral vertebra . 



Hi" 



— 





111" 



— 



Width ,, „ „ ■ ■ 



1' Of" 



— 



1' 



3f" 



— 



Length „ 1st caudal „ 



11" 



— 





101" 



— 



Width „ „ ,, , . 



1' 1" 



— 



1' 



2" 



— 



Length „ 3rd „ „ . . 



111" 



— 





101" 



— 



Width „ „ „ . . 



r -or 



— 



1' 



1'' 



— 



Length of processus transversi of 3rd caudal vertebra . 



5|" 



— 





71" 



— 



Width „ „ „ . . 



62" 



— 





7^ 



— 



Distance between the outer edges of processus obliqui of 













the same . . . . . 



4|" 



— 





61" 





Length of processus spinosus superior of the same 



lOi" 



— 



1' 



3" 





„ of corpus of the 5th caudal vertebra . 



111" 



— 





101" 





Width „ „ „ ■ ■ 



1 li" 



— 



1' 



1" 



— 



Length of the last caudal vertebra 



1" 



— 





1" 



— 



„ of sternum . 





1' 3i" 



1' 4|" 



1' 



1" 



1' 7i" 



Width 





1' 8i" 



1' 101" 



2' 



41" 



2' 4i" 



Length of 1st rib 



„ of one of the longest ribs 





3' 9i" 





4' 

 8' 



71" 

 101" 



8' 111" 



Circumference at caput 





— 



— 



1' 



21" 



111" 



„ at the middle . 





— 



— 



1' 





101" 



Length of the last rib 





— 



— ■ 



4' 



71" 





' The measurements of the first 3 were taken by myself j those of the 4th are based upon the 

 statements of Corapanyo. 



