Physeter simus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vi. p. 30, t. 10, 11, 12, 13, ♀ (not skeleton, t. 11. f. 2).
Inhab. Australia, India. Length 10 feet, young.
The difference between Kogia and Euphysetes does not depend on the sex of the animals. Mr. Krefft described a male, and Professor Owen a female specimen; the latter mistook the two drawings of the same specimen for the two sexes, deceived by certain additions surreptitiously made to Mr. Elliot’s drawings; but the additions, especially the penis, are not represented on the plates, and the artist (Mr. Willis) says he received no directions to leave out any part of the drawing, and accurately copied them. The measurements given in the paper do not agree with those in Mr. Elliot’s notes made from the living animal; and reference to them would have prevented all this confusion.
3. EUPHYSETES.
Euphysetes, Gray, l. c. pp. 196, 215, 386, 392; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 4.
Head moderate, blunt and high in front. Skull short and broad. The septum that divides the cavity of the crown of the skull simple, longitudinal, only slightly curved.
Vertebræ 51: cervical 7 (all united into one mass), dorsal 14, caudal 40. Basihyal broad and flat, as in Catodon.
1. Euphysetes Grayii.
Euphysetes Grayii, MacLeay; Gray, l. c. pp. 218, 392; Synops. Whales & Dolph. p. 4.
Physeter simus, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. vi. t. 11. f. 2 (skeleton only).