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

by John Edward Gray

Eschrichtius robustus, Gray, l. c. pp. 133 (fig.), 373; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2; Lilljeborg, N. Acta Upsal. 1867, vi. p. 16, t. 1-8; Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1865, p. 4.

Inhab. North Sea; coast of Devonshire, Sweden; Atlantic.

“The Eschrichtius robustus is admitted on the evidence of a ramus of the under jaw in the Museum, Rutger’s College, which is of peculiar form, and closely resembles the figure given by Lilljeborg of that portion of this rare species.”—Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1868, p. 194.

Family 4. PHYSALIDÆ. Finner Whales.

Physalina, Gray, l. c. pp. 114, 134.

Physalinidæ, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.

Dorsal fin high, erect, compressed, falcate, about three-fourths the entire length from the nose. Pectoral fin moderate, with four short fingers of four or six phalanges. Vertebræ 55 or 64. Cervical vertebræ not anchylosed. Neural canal oblong, transverse.

* Vertebræ 60 or 64; first rib single-headed (cf. [p. 54]).

1. BENEDENIA.

Benedenia, Gray, l. c. pp. 114, 135; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.