. California mammals. Mammals. 12 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. lished in 1874. As it is now veiy scarce and inaccessible to the general public I shall give considerable space to extracts from it. I have very little direct personal knowledge of this order. Suborder Mystacete. (^Mustache—whale.) No teeth present after birth: upper jaws furnished with plates of baleen (whalebone;) rami of lower jaw connected by fibrous tissue and not by a suture; olfactory oigan developed; spiracle double. Family Balaenidse. Whalebone Whales. Lower jaw very thick and deep; cleft of mouth curved; skull 1. Sul


. California mammals. Mammals. 12 CALIFORNIA MAMMALS. lished in 1874. As it is now veiy scarce and inaccessible to the general public I shall give considerable space to extracts from it. I have very little direct personal knowledge of this order. Suborder Mystacete. (^Mustache—whale.) No teeth present after birth: upper jaws furnished with plates of baleen (whalebone;) rami of lower jaw connected by fibrous tissue and not by a suture; olfactory oigan developed; spiracle double. Family Balaenidse. Whalebone Whales. Lower jaw very thick and deep; cleft of mouth curved; skull 1. Sulphur-bottom Whale. 2. Oregon Finback Whale. 3. Sharp-headed Finner Whale. Pacific Humpback WhaJe, California Gray Whale. Pacific Right Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stephens, Frank. San Diego, Calif. : West Coast Pub. Co.


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