38o APPENDIX 



LIST OF BRITISH MAMMALIA 



FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD TO THE 

 PRESENT DAY 



Order, CETACEAi. WHALES and PORPOISES. 



Sub-Order, ODONTOCETI. TOOTHED WHALES. 



Family, DELPHINID^. 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.) 

 Delphlnapterus leucas. The Beluga, or White Whale. 



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

 Phocseaa commuais. The Common Porpoise. 



(Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Ores gladiator. The Common Killer Whale, or Gram.pus. 



(Seas round British Islands.) 

 Pseudorca crassidens. The Lesser Killer. 



(Extinct. Found fossil in Lincolnshire.) 

 aioblcephalus melas. The Black Fish, or Pilot or 

 " Ca'ing " Whale. 



(Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 Qrampus griseas. 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.) 

 Delphinus Delphis. The Common Porpoise. 



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

 Tursiops tursio. The Bottle-nosed Dolphin. 



(Rare. Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland.) 



Family, PHYSETERID^. SPERM and ZIPHIOID 

 WHALES. 



Physeter macrocephalus. 



(Extinct. Seas round Great Britain and Ireland.) 

 tlyperoodon rostratus. The Common or Bottle-nosed 

 Whale. 



(Coasts of Great Britain.) 



