SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
CATALOGUE
OF
SEALS AND WHALES
IN THE
BRITISH MUSEUM.

BY
JOHN EDWARD GRAY, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
1871.

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page
Suborder PINNIPEDIA[1]
Fam. 1. Phocidæ[1]
Tribe I. Phocina[2]
1. Callocephalus[2]
2. Pagomys[2]
3. Pagophilus[2]
equestris. N. Pacific[2]
ochotensis. N. Pacific[2]
4. Halicyon[2]
Richardi. N. Pacific[2]
Pealei. Antarctic Seas?[2]
5. Phoca[3]
barbata. North Sea[3]
naurica. N. Pacific[3]
Tribe II. Halichœrina[3]
6. Halichœrus [3]
Tribe III. Monachina[3]
7. Monachus[3]
Tribe IV. Stenorhynchina[3]
8. Stenorhynchus[3]
leptonyx. Falkland Is., New Zealand[4]
9. Lobodon[4]
10. Leptonyx[4]
11. Ommatophoca[4]
Tribe V. Cystophorina[4]
12. Morunga[4]
elephantina. Falkland Island[4]
angustirostris. California[5]
13. Cystophora[5]
Fam. 2. Trichechidæ[5]
1. Trichechus[6]
rosmarus[6]
Fam. 3. Otariadæ[6]
Tribe I. Otariina[11], [12]
1. Otaria[11], [12]
jubata. S. America[13]
Tribe II. Callorhinina[11], [14]
2. Callorhinus[11], [14]
ursinus. Kamtschatka[15]
Tribe III. Arctocephalina[11], [15]
3. Phocarctos[12], [15]
Hookeri. Cape Horn[15]
4. Arctocephalus[12], [17]
antarcticus. Cape of Good Hope[17]
nigrescens. Falkland Islands[20]
cinereus. Australia[24]
Forsteri. N. Zealand[25]
falklandicus. Falkland Islands[25]
nivosus. Cape of Good Hope[27]
Tribe IV. Zalophina[12], [27]
5. Zalophus[12], [27]
Gilliespii. N. Pacific[28]
6. Neophoca[12], [28]
lobata. Australia[28]
Tribe V. Eumetopiina[12], [29]
7. Eumetopias[12], [29]
Stelleri. California[30]
8. Arctophoca[12], [31]
Philippii. Juan-Fernandez Island[32]
Order CETACEA[34]
Section I. Mysticete[35]
Suborder I. Balænoidea[36]
Fam. 1. Balænidæ[36]
1. Balæna[37]
mysticetus. North Sea[38]
mediterranea. Mediterranean[38]
angulata. North Sea?[38]
nordcaper. Iceland[39]
[cullamacha. N. Pacific][39]
2. Neobalæna[39]
marginata. New Zealand[40]
3. Eubalæna[42]
australis. Cape of Good Hope[43]
Sieboldii. Kamtschatka[43]
[japonica. Japan][43]
cisarctica. Atlantic[43]
4. Hunterius[44]
Temminckii. Cape of Good Hope [44]
biscayensis. St. Sebastian[44]
Swedenborgii. North Sea[44]
5. Caperea[45]
antipodarum. New Zealand[45]
6. Macleayius[45]
australiensis. Australasia[46]
britannicus. Dorsetshire[46]
Suborder II. Balænopteroidea[46]
Fam. 2. Agaphelidæ[47]
1. Agaphelus[47]
gibbosus. N. Atlantic[48]
2. Rhachianectes[48]
glaucus. California[48]
Fam. 3. Megapteridæ[50]
1. Megaptera[50]
longimana. North Sea[50]
novæ-zelandiæ. New Zealand[50]
Burmeisteri. Buenos Ayres[50]
americana. Bermuda[50]
kuzira. Japan[50]
osphyia. Atlantic[51]
versabilis. N. Pacific[51]
2. Poescopia[51]
Lalandii. Cape of Good Hope[51]
3. Eschrichtius[52]
robustus. Atlantic[52]
Fam. 4. Physalidæ[52]
1. Benedenia[52]
Knoxii. North Sea[52]
2. Physalus[52]
antiquorum. North Sea[53]
Duguidii. North Sea[53]
patachonicus. River Plata[53]
brasiliensis. Bahia[53]
3. Cuvierius[54]
Sibbaldii. North Sea[54]
4. Rudolphius[54]
laticeps. North Sea[54]
5. Sibbaldius[55]
borealis. North Sea[55]
Schlegelii. Java[55]
antarcticus. Buenos Ayres[55]
sulphureus. N. Pacific[55]
tectirostris. N. Pacific[56]
tuberosus. North-east America[56]
Fam. 5. Balænopteridæ[56]
1. Balænoptera[56]
rostrata. North Sea[56]
velifera. Oregon[56]
2. Swinhoia[57]
chinensis. Formosa[57]
Section II. Denticete[57]
Suborder III. Physeteroidea[57]
Fam. 6. Catodontidæ[58]
1. Catodon[58]
macrocephalus. Trop.[59]
2. Meganeuron[59]
Krefftii. Australasia[59]
Fam. 7. Physeteridæ[60]
1. Physeter[60]
tursio. North Sea[60]
2. Kogia[60]
breviceps. Cape of Good Hope[60]
Macleayii. Australia, India[61]
3. Euphysetes[61]
Grayii. Australia[61]
Suborder IV. Susuoidea[61]
Fam. 8. Platanistidæ[62]
1. Platanista[62]
gangetica. India[62]
Indi. India[62]
Suborder V. Delphinoidea[62]
Fam. 9. Iniidæ[63]
1. Inia[63]
Geoffroyii. Brazil[64]
Fam. 10. Delphinidæ[64]
Tribe I. Stenonina[65]
1. Steno[65]
frontatus. Indian Ocean[65]
compressus. South Sea[65]
chinensis. China[65]
capensis. Cape of Good Hope[66]
lentiginosus. India[66]
[roseiventris. Moluccas][66]
tucuxi. Brazil[66]
attenuatus. India[66]
fuscus[66]
[brevimanus. Singapore][66]
[coronatus. Spitzbergen][66]
[rostratus. North Sea][67]
2. Sotalia[67]
guianensis. British Guiana[67]
Tribe II. Delphinina[67]
3. Delphinus[67]
longirostris. Japan, Cape of Good Hope[68]
delphis. North Sea[68]
Moorei. S. Atlantic[68]
major[68]
Walkeri. S. Atlantic[68]
Janira. Newfoundland[68]
fulvifasciatus. Van Diemen’s Land[68]
obliquidens. N. Pacific[69]
pomeegra. India[69]
Forsteri[69]
4. Clymenia[69]
stenorhyncha[69]
microps. Coast of Brazil[69]
Alope. Cape Horn[70]
Styx. West Africa[70]
Euphrosyne. North Sea[70]
gadamu. India[70]
normalis[70]
Doris[70]
euphrosynoides[71]
dorides[71]
obscura. S. Pacific[71]
similis. Cape of Good Hope[72]
crotaphiscus[72]
esthenops[72]
5. Delphinapterus[72]
Peronii. S. Atlantic[72]
6. Tursio[72]
truncatus. North Sea[74]
erebennus. Philadelphia[74]
Metis. West Africa[74]
Cymodoce. River Uragua[74]
abusalam. Cape of Good Hope[74]
Eurynome. South Sea[74]
catalania. N. W. Australia[75]
7. Eutropia[75]
Dickiei. Chili[75]
Heavisidii. Cape seas[75]
Tribe III. Lagenorhynchina[75]
8. Electra[76]
obtusa[76]
Asia[76]
fusiformis. India[76]
acuta. North Sea[76]
breviceps[76]
clancula. S. Pacific[77]
crucigera[77]
thicolea[77]
9. Feresa[78]
intermedia[78]
10. Leucopleurus[78]
arcticus. North Sea[78]
11. Lagenorhynchus[79]
albirostris. North Sea[79]
Tribe IV. Pseudorcaina[79]
12. Pseudorca[79]
crassidens. North Sea[80]
meridionalis. Van Diemen’s Land[80]
13. Orcaella[80]
brevirostris. Ganges[80]
fluminalis[80]
Tribe V. Phocænina[81]
14. Phocæna[81]
communis. North Sea[81]
[brachycium. Harbour of Salem][81]
[vomerina. N. Pacific][81]
15. Acanthodelphis[81]
spinipinnis. Brazil[81]
16. Neomeris[81]
phocænoides. India[82]
Fam. 11. Grampidæ[82]
1. Grampus[82]
Rissoanus. Nice[82]
Cuvieri. North Sea[82]
Richardsonii. Cape of Good Hope[83]
Fam. 12. Globiocephalidæ.[83]
1. Globiocephalus[83]
svineval. North Sea[83]
[melas. Mediterranean][83]
[affinis. North Sea][84]
[intermedius. Delaware Bay][84]
[Edwardsii. South Sea][84]
[guadaloupensis. Guadaloupe][84]
Grayi. Buenos Ayres[84]
macrorhynchus. South Sea[84]
[Scammonii. N. Pacific][85]
[australis. Australia][85]
[indicus. Bengal][85]
[Sieboldii. Japan][85]
[chinensis. China][85]
[sibo. Japan][85]
2. Sphærocephalus[85]
incrassatus. British Channel[85]
Fam. 13. Orcadæ[85]
1. Orca[90]
stenorhyncha. North Sea[90]
capensis. Cape of Good Hope[90]
africana. Algoa Bay[91]
latirostris. North Sea[91]
[gladiator, var. arcticus. Faroe Islands][91]
[gladiator, var. europæus. Atlantic][92]
[gladiator, var. europæus. Mediterranean][92]
magellanica. Patagonia[92]
tasmanica. Tasmania[92]
rectipinna. California[92]
atra. Oregon[92]
2. Ophysia[93]
pacifica. N. Pacific[93]
Fam. 14. Belugidæ[93]
1. Beluga[94]
catodon. North Sea[94]
[rhinodon. Arctic seas][94]
[declivis. Arctic seas][94]
[angustata. Arctic seas][94]
[canadensis. Canada][94]
Kingii. Australia[95]
2. Monodon[95]
monoceros. North Sea[95]
Fam. 15. Pontoporiadæ[95]
1. Pontoporia[95]
Blainvillii. S. Atlantic[96]
Suborder VI. Ziphioidea[96]
Fam. 16. Hyperoodontidæ[96]
1. Hyperoodon[96]
butzkopf. North Sea[97]
[semijunctus. Charlestown][97]
2. Lagenocetus[97]
latifrons. North Sea[97]
Fam. 17. Epiodontidæ[97]
1. Epiodon[98]
Desmarestii. North Sea[98]
australis. Buenos Ayres[98]
2. Petrorhynchus[98]
mediterraneus. Mediterranean[98]
capensis. South Sea[98]
Fam. 18. Ziphiidæ[99]
1. Berardius[99]
arnuxi. New Zealand[99]
2. Ziphius[100]
Sowerbiensis. Britain[101]
3. Dolichodon[101]
Layardii. Cape of Good Hope[101]
4. Neoziphius[101]
europæus. Mediterranean[101]
5. Dioplodon[102]
sechellensis. Seychelles[102]