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HIGH-FINNED CACHALOT 



Physeter Tursio. P. dorsi pinna altissima, apice dentimn piano, 

 Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 107. Artedi. Gen. 74. Syn, 104. 



Cachalot with very long upright dorsal fin, and teeth flat at the 

 tips. 



Cetus tripinnis, dentibus in planum desineiitibus. Br'm. Regfi. 



Anim.p. 364. n, 7. 

 High-finned Cachalot. Pennant Brit. Zool. p. ^7. 



This is particularly distinguished by the great 

 length and narrow form of its dorsal fin, which is 

 placed almost upright on the back, and is said 

 by some authors to appear at a distance like 

 the mast of a small ship ; the animal growing, if 

 w^e may believe report, to the length of an hun- 

 dred feet. In its general appearance it is said 

 much to resemble the former species, of which it 

 may perhaps be a variety rather than truly distinct; 

 but so much obscurity still prevails with respect to 

 the Cetaceous animals that this point must be 

 considered as very daubtful. 



