MAMMALIA. CETE. Delphinus. 129 
Inhabit -l') Earopeankss-: i') New England, Davis’ i 
Straits; i) 6o feet long, white beneath ; it-ei/t in the lower 
jaw 46, in a double row, received in fockets in the upper; 
teats retraftile ; from its head is procured the fpermaceti, and 
avibergrife from the inteftines of fuch as are lick ; 2) 60 — 70 
feet long; Acad large; cy« fmall ; teeth mmy; 3) 15 — 16 
feet long, yellowifli- white ; teeth a little inturvate, compref- 
fed, rounded at the tips, 
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•^icrops. Dorfal fin long ; upper jaw longeft. Sharp-nojed Ci 
I - Teeth lharp, hooked. 
2. Teeth lharp, ftraight. 
Inhabits the Northern Ocean: 1) 70 feet long, dark tawny; 
teeth 42, round, a little compreffed; dorfal Jin long, fharp ; 
2) 80 — too feet long, blackillt above, whitiflr beneath; a 
high bunch on the upper part of the back ; fn near the tail ; 
eyes bright, yellowilh ; tongue Imall, acute ; teeth let in the 
jaw like a law, 
Dorfal fin very Jong ; teeth flat at the top, liigh-finned C. 
Inhabits the Northern Ocean; 100 feet long; dorfal fn very 
long, lharp, ereft, refembling the mall of a veffel ; tongue lharp, 
49. DELPHINUS. ill each jaw. 
Body fubconic ; back broad; fnout bluntilli. Porpoife. 
Inhabits the European and Baltic Oceans; fi^rms in narrow 
feas, tumbling over and darting in the water ; 5 — 8 feet long. 
Body above bluei Hi-black, beneath white; head obtufe; cve,’ 
fmall, behind them the entrance to the ear, between them a 
femilunar fiftula ; ieeiA fmall, acute, in each jaw 46 ; orifice 
of the penis near the navel linear; anus a little 2-lobed, be- 
tween that and the tail, 
^dphis. Body oblong, roundlfh ; fnout narrow, fharp. Dolphins 
. Inhabits European and Pacific Seas ; fwims with velocity, preys 
on filh, adheres to whales as they leap out of the water, is of 
a crooked form only when leaping; 9' — 10 feet long; llen- 
derer than the laft. 
Snout long, fharp, with a broad tranfverfe projeftion of the Ikin 
on its upper part; teeth fubulate, 21 above, ig below, lock- 
ing into each other ; mouth ertJenfive, reaching alroolt to the 
thorax ; kidney conglomerate. 
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