The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae / An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

by Frederick W. True

Plate 24 MANDIBLES AND VERTEBRÆ OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS

Mandibles and vertebræ of Ziphius cavirostris.

Fig. 1. (Type of Z. semijunctus (Cope).) Charleston, South Carolina. Cat. No. 21975, U.S.N.M. ⅕ nat. size.

2. (Type of Z. grebnitzkii Stejneger.) Bering Island. Cat. No. 20993, U.S.N.M. About ⅕ nat. size.

3. Barnegat, New Jersey. About ⅕ nat. size.

4. Vertebræ. (Type of Z. semijunctus (Cope).) From right to left, as follows: 1-3 cervicals, 1st thoracic, 7th thoracic, 8th thoracic, 1st lumbar, 1st caudal. About ¼ nat. size.