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

by John Edward Gray

Most likely a variety of H. butzkopf.

2. LAGENOCETUS.

Lagenocetus, Gray, l. c. pp. 327, 336; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.

Beak of the skull straight, erect, very large, flattened, higher than the occiput.

1. Lagenocetus latifrons.

B.M.

Lagenocetus latifrons, Gray, l. c. p. 339; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.

Hyperoodon latifrons, Gray, Zool. Ereb. & Ter. t. 24; Reinhardt, in Eschricht’s Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. v. t. 6 (skull).

Inhab. North Sea.

“Plate 6 represents the skull of a male of Hyperoodon latifrons (Gray), from the Färöer, of which the complete skeleton, 25 feet long, is preserved in the University’s Museum.