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

by John Edward Gray

“Micropteron: cervical vertebræ all united in one solid mass.”—Flower, l. c. p. 328.

1. Ziphius Sowerbiensis.

B.M.

Ziphius Sowerbiensis, Gray, l. c. p. 350, fig. 71; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 10, tab. 5. f. 3, 4 (skull).

Mesoplodon Sowerbiensis, Gervais, Ostéog. Cét. t. 22 & 23 (skull and ear-bone); Van Beneden, Mém. de l’Acad. Brux. vol. x. t. 3.

Dioplodon Sowerbiensis, Gervais, Zool. et Paléont. Française, t. 30. f. 1.

Inhab. British Channel. Irish Sea.

3. DOLICHODON.

Dolichodon, Gray, l. c. p. 353; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 10.

Teeth 2, in the middle of the sides of the lower jaw. Teeth (of male) very long, strap-shaped, produced, arched obliquely, truncated at the end, with a conical process on the front of the terminal edge. Lower jaw weak, very slender in front. Symphysis elongate.