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

by John Edward Gray

5. DELPHINAPTERUS.

Delphinapterus, Gray, Cat, Seals & Whales, p, 276; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 6.

Beak of skull elongate, depressed. Teeth small, slender. Dorsal fin none. Bladebone very broad, nearly semicircular.

1. Delphinapterus Peronii.

Delphinapterus Peronii, Gray, l. c. p. 276; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 6, t. 15 (animal).

Inhab. South Atlantic, New Guinea.

c. Beak short, thick. Palate flat behind, without any lateral groove.

6. TURSIO.

Tursio, Gray, l. c. pp. 254, 400; P. Z. S. 1866, p. 215; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 6.

Beak of the skull only rather longer than the brain-case, conical, convex above, rounded. Teeth large. Skull high. The skull large, thick, heavy, with a high swollen brain-cavity. The beak rather longer than the brain-case, broad, conical, stout, shelving on the sides. Teeth large, 22/22 or 22/25. The blower large. Nasal triangle produced considerably before the notch.