. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 428 OETAOEA. (ODONTOCETI.) PHYSETEKID^. PHYSETERID^.. Genus Ziphius (Cuvier, 1835). Generic Character.—Teeth -2_ conical, placed in front of lower jaw, in- clined forwards, of moderate size. Skull with a deep hollow at base of rostrum, into which the nares open, formed by the premaxillaries, and overhung above by the nasal bones. Rostrum tapered, triangular. CUVIER'S WHALE. Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier). Ziphius cavirostris, 1 Myperoodon gervaisii, ? Epiodon desmarestii, CuTiBK, Ossem. Foss., I., 350 (1825). DnvEKNOT, Ann. des S
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 428 OETAOEA. (ODONTOCETI.) PHYSETEKID^. PHYSETERID^.. Genus Ziphius (Cuvier, 1835). Generic Character.—Teeth -2_ conical, placed in front of lower jaw, in- clined forwards, of moderate size. Skull with a deep hollow at base of rostrum, into which the nares open, formed by the premaxillaries, and overhung above by the nasal bones. Rostrum tapered, triangular. CUVIER'S WHALE. Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier). Ziphius cavirostris, 1 Myperoodon gervaisii, ? Epiodon desmarestii, CuTiBK, Ossem. Foss., I., 350 (1825). DnvEKNOT, Ann. des Sc. Nat., XV., 49(1851). J. E. Grat, Cat. Seals and Whales, 341 (1866). The first occurrence of this very interesting species on the British coasts has lately been recorded by Prof. Turner of Edinburgh, to whose kindness we are indebted for an early copy of his paper in the " Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh " for 1872. In 1870 a small Whale was taken off Hamna Voe, on the North-west of the mainland of Shetland, and its skull was purchased, along with other cetacean bones, by Prof. Turner from Mr. J. Anderson of Hillswick. When it arrived in Edinburgh it was still covered with the hardened integuments, but on being cleaned it proved to belong to the species described by Cuvier as. 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 Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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