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

by John Edward Gray

Rostrum of skull narrow, attenuated, with straight slanting edges. Second cervical vertebra with two short truncated lateral processes. The first rib single-headed.

1. Benedenia Knoxii.

B.M.

Benedenia Knoxii, Gray, l. c. pp. 138, figs. 24-26; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.

Benedenia boops, Gray, Synops. Whales & Dolph. tab. 32. f. 1, 2 (cervical vertebræ).

Inhab. North Sea, coast of Wales.

2. PHYSALUS.

Physalus, Gray, l. c. pp. 114, 139; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2; Lilljeborg, N. Acta Upsal. 1867, p. 72.

Rostrum of the skull narrow, attenuated, with straight sloping sides. Second cervical vertebra with a broad lateral process, with a large perforation at the base. First rib single-headed. Sternum trifoliate, with a long slender hind process. Fingers shorter than the forearm-bones. Scapula very broad; acromion and coracoid process well developed.

† Lateral rings of the second cervical vertebra as long as the diameter of the body of the vertebra.—Gray, l. c. p. 374; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 2.