450 DELPHINIDiE. 



CETACEA. DELPBINJDJE. 



(ODONTOCETI). 



Genus Grampus (Graj', 1846). 



(niicric CJianicter : — Head rounded, no beak; flipxiers long and narrow, 

 placed low down ; dorsal-fin high. No teeth in upper jaw at any age, those of 

 lower jaw few, and confined to the front part of the mandible. 



RISSO'S GRAMPUS. 



Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier). 



Specific Character :— Colour variable, from black above and white below to 

 a pale grey passing to black towards the tail, marked all over vdth. stripes and 

 streaks irregularly disposed in every direction. Teeth JL to iL ; vertebrie 68 ; 

 liby 12 pairs. 



Dclphiims rjrisetis, Coviek, Ann. du Mus., XIX., 14 (1812). 



rissoanus, Desmakest, Mamm., 519 (1822). 



Grampus curicri, J. E. Gkav, Ann. Nat. Hist. (18i6). 



,, griseus, Flowee, Trans. Zool. Soc. , VIII. 1. 



This species was first described by Cuvier from a 

 drawing and the skeleton of a specimen taken at Brest. 

 The hitter is still preserved at Paris in the Museum of 

 the Jardin des Plantes. Since that time other individuals 

 have occurred on the French coast. In 1822 another 

 species was established by Desmarest on a figure and 

 description forwarded to the Academy by M. liisso of 

 Nice, and received the name of Delphinus rissoanus. That 

 the two species were very closely allied was evident^ and 



