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

by John Edward Gray

Grampus Richardsonii, Gray, l. c. p. 299; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.

Inhab. Cape of Good Hope.

Family 12. GLOBIOCEPHALIDÆ.

Globiocephalidæ, Gray, l. c. pp. 62, 313; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

Head blunt, very much swollen. Teeth in the front part of both jaws, cylindrical, simple; symphysis very short, shorter than the tooth-line. Dorsal fin falcate. Pectoral fin low down on the sides of the body; fingers elongate, many-jointed. Atlas and the rest of cervical vertebræ united, or the hinder one free. Scapula triangular, with large coracoid and acromion processes. Arm-bones very short. Metacarpal bones in cartilage. The two middle fingers very long, of twelve to ten joints; the rest of the fingers short, of three or four phalanges; index finger short, slender, four-jointed; ring-finger shorter, three-jointed; little finger very short, of one phalange. Breast-bone of three separate pierced pieces; the hinder one narrow.

1. GLOBIOCEPHALUS.

Globiocephalus, Gray, l. c. p. 313; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 8.

Skull:—palate flat; beak rather tapering in front. First to sixth cervical vertebræ anchylosed into one mass, seventh free.

Vertebræ 58 or 59:—C. 7. D. 11. L. and C. 40 or 41.

* Black, with a white streak beneath.