“Eschricht believed, as is known, that H. latifrons was established on a very old male of the common Dögling, Hyperoodon rostratus; but Gray’s species must now be regarded as well grounded.
“Plate 7 represents the male (fœtus) of the common H. rostratus. All figures of half the natural size.”—Reinhardt.
Family 17. EPIODONTIDÆ.
Epiodontina, Gray, Cat. S. & W. p. 327.
Epiodontidæ, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 9.
Blower lunate. Skull:—beak simple; maxillaries not dilated above; intermaxillaries enlarged behind, forming a more or less deep cavity round the nostrils. Teeth 2 or 4 in front of the lower jaw, conical or cylindrical. Cervical vertebræ:—first, second, and third united into one mass, which is produced and truncated above; the rest thin, free.
1. EPIODON.
Epiodon, Gray, l. c. pp. 327, 340; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 10.
Skull:—vomer simple, small; intermaxillaries elevated, and forming a moderately deep, well-marked basin round the nostrils. Fingers 5; carpal bones 6; phalanges 2, 3, 4, 3, 3. Sternal bones separate from the front, lanceolate. Vertebra 42; the “front caudal with chevron bones. First four cervical vertebræ united by their bodies into one mass” (Ostéog. Cét. t. 22. f. 4).