PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 295 



probable that this species is one of those whose range in New York has 

 .been considerably extended within historic times. 



Tursiops tursio (Fabricius) Porpoise 

 1780 Delphi?ius tursio Fabricius, Fauna Groenland p. 49. 

 1864 Tursiops tursio Gervais, Comptes rend. p. 876. 

 1889 Tursiops tursio True, U. S. Nat. mus. Bui. 36, p. 32, 158. 



Type locality. Coast of Greenland. 



Distribution in New York. This species probably occurs commonly 

 •on both coasts of Long Island. 



Principal records. True records specimens from Fire Island and 

 Turkey Gut. 



Delphinus delphis Linnaeus Porpoise 



1758 Delphinus delphis Linnaeus, Syst. nat, ed. 10, 77. 

 1842 Delphinus delphis DeKay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia 

 p. 136. 



1888 Delphinus delphis True, U. S. Nat. mus. Bui. 36, p. 45, 160. 

 Type locality. Coast of Europe. 



Distribution in New York. The sea porpoise doubtless occurs along 

 the entire coast of New York. 



Principal records. De Kay speaks of the animal as common but 

 records no specimens (' 42 p. 136). It is probable that his animal was 

 Tursiops tursio, and not the present species. True gives measurements 

 of skulls from " New York bay " and " New York harbor " (' 88 p. 48). 



Phocaena phocaena (Linnaeus) Harbor porpoise 



1758 Delphinus phocaena Linnaeus, Syst. nat. ed. 10 1 : 77. 



1842 Phocaena communis De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia 



P- !33- 



1888 Phocaena phocaena Jordan, Manual of the vertebrate animals 



of the northern United States, ed. 5 p. 33 r. 

 1888 Phocaena communis True, U. S. Nat. mus. Bui. 36, p. 118, 179. 

 1896 Phocaena communis Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7 : 200. 



Type locality. Coast of Europe. 



Distribution i?i New York. The harbor porpoise is the commonest 

 cetacean of the tide waters of the state. It ascends the Hudson river as 

 far at least as Sing Sing. 



