Supplement to the catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum

by John Edward Gray

Inhab. India (W. Elliot) Skull, Brit. Mus.

10. Delphinus Forsteri.

Delphinus Forsteri, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 6, t. 24 (copied from Forster’s drawing).

Skull not known.

b. Beak elongate. Palate flat behind, without any lateral groove.

4. CLYMENIA.

Clymene, Gray, Cat. Seals & Whales, p. 249; P. Z. S. 1864, p. 237, 1866, p. 214.

Clymenia, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 6.

Beak of skull elongate, depressed. Teeth small, slender. Nasal triangle moderate. Dorsal fin distinct. Pectoral fin falcate; hand larger than the forearm-bones. Skull elongate, slender; brain-case spherical; beak slender, elongate, longer than the brain-case; intermaxillaries convex. Teeth small, slender, five or six in an inch. The symphysis of the lower jaw short. The blowers are moderate.

* Beak of the skull twice as long as the brain-case. Teeth five in an inch. Micropia.