. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 38 :. Subfamily 4. CYSTOPHORINA. Muzzle of the males tvith an inJUitile appendtK/e. Cuttinrj-teeth ^ ; grinders tvith a large swollen root, and a small, comjjressed, simple, plaited croivn. Mujffle hairy. Stemmatopina, Grarj, Ann. Phil. 1825, 340. Cystophorina, Gray, Zool. Erchus S)- Terror, 3 ; Cat. Seals B. M. 33. Cvstophora, Nilssan, Vet. Akcul. liandl.; Skaml. Fatiiiu: Wiajm. Arch. 'vii. 323. Mirounga, Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 179, 1827. Phoca, § 2, F. 'Cuvier, Mem. 3L
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 38 :. Subfamily 4. CYSTOPHORINA. Muzzle of the males tvith an inJUitile appendtK/e. Cuttinrj-teeth ^ ; grinders tvith a large swollen root, and a small, comjjressed, simple, plaited croivn. Mujffle hairy. Stemmatopina, Grarj, Ann. Phil. 1825, 340. Cystophorina, Gray, Zool. Erchus S)- Terror, 3 ; Cat. Seals B. M. 33. Cvstophora, Nilssan, Vet. Akcul. liandl.; Skaml. Fatiiiu: Wiajm. Arch. 'vii. 323. Mirounga, Gray, Griffith's A. K. v. 179, 1827. Phoca, § 2, F. 'Cuvier, Mem. 3Lis. xi. 196. 13. MORUNGA. Nose of the male with an elongated tubular proboscis ; muzzle of the skull broad, truncated in front; forehead convex; hinder palatine bone short, transverse. Hair flat, truncated, adpressed; whiskers round, rather waved, thick. Claws, front obsolete, hinder distinct. Fiff. Morunga elephantina. Skull. The head broad, short, truncated in front, with a tuft of bristles over each eye, and one on each side of the middle of the muzzle ; the upper lip longer than the lower ; the forehead convex ; the nostrils of the male "are wrinldcd, and can be blown up into a crest" (Forster), " with an elongate tubular proboscis" (Peron); of the female simple, rounded, with a haiiy muffle between and around the edge of the nostrils. Cutting-teeth |, far apart, conical, the two middle upper smaller, the rest nearly equal; the grinders with large, swollen, subcyHn- drical roots, and a small, compressed, simple, plaited crown; the hinder palatine bones short, 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London : Printed by Order of the Trustees
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