. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 11. HALICHCEKUS. 33 Grinders ^^or ^:^ with single root (except the two hinder grinders ' 5-5 "' 5-5 ' Sect, n, of Halichoerus). A. &rs, conch none. Toes simple, of fore feet exserted, of hind feet large ; the inner and outer ones large, long, the three middle ones smaller ; palm amd soles hairy (sometimes chaffy and callous with wear). Muffle hairy 5*5 to the edge and between the nostrils. Grinders ^r^, Phocaceema, § 2, part., NUsson, Skand. Fauna; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 317. Phocina, part., Turner, Proc. Zool
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 11. HALICHCEKUS. 33 Grinders ^^or ^:^ with single root (except the two hinder grinders ' 5-5 "' 5-5 ' Sect, n, of Halichoerus). A. &rs, conch none. Toes simple, of fore feet exserted, of hind feet large ; the inner and outer ones large, long, the three middle ones smaller ; palm amd soles hairy (sometimes chaffy and callous with wear). Muffle hairy 5*5 to the edge and between the nostrils. Grinders ^r^, Phocaceema, § 2, part., NUsson, Skand. Fauna; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 317. Phocina, part., Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 88. Subfamily 3. TRICHECHINA. Muzzle large, truncated, simple; canines large; grinders lohed or truncated when, old. Cetse, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1826, 346. Trichechina, Gray, Zool. Erehus Sf Terror, 3. Trichecina et Phocina, Turner, P. Z. S. 1848, 88. TrichechidsB, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, 340. TrichechidsB seu Campodontia, J. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 37, 1828. Les Morses, F. Cuvier, Diet. Sd. Nat. lix. 465; Dents des Mamm. 233. 11. HALICH(ERUS. Muzzle broad, rounded; cutting-teetli \; grinders 1^, conical, the hinder two upper and one lower double-rooted, rest simple; canines moderate; whiskers crenulated; niuffle hairy, becoming baldish with age; palm and soles hairy; claws 5-5, elongate. Palate of skuU with a narrow rounded notch behind; lower edge of lower jaw rounded, not dilated or inflexed in front. Fig. Halichoerus Grypus. Skull. Halichoerus, Nilsson, Vet. Akad. ITandl. 1837; Skand. Fauna, i. 377; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 318. Halychoerus, Hornschiioh, Isis, 1824, viii. 810; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 104. Fhoca, sp., O. Fdbr.; lAchtenstein. D. 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 ord
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