. Catalogue of seals and whales in the ... Museum. Second cervical vertebra of Physalits atiiiquortim, from De i uuaMi«, Extreme width 43 inches; height 13^ inches. /â ';.>; Width of articular surface 10 inches; height 8 inches. Fig. Fiflh cervical vertebra of Physalus mitiquonnu, from Extreme width 351 inches; height 10| inches. Width of articular siurface 12 inches: hein-ht 7^ inches. The different English skeletons of this whale which I have ex- amined and which are adult, or at least nearly of the same size (that is, from 70 to 80 feet long), exhibit considerable variation in the
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the ... Museum. Second cervical vertebra of Physalits atiiiquortim, from De i uuaMi«, Extreme width 43 inches; height 13^ inches. /â ';.>; Width of articular surface 10 inches; height 8 inches. Fig. Fiflh cervical vertebra of Physalus mitiquonnu, from Extreme width 351 inches; height 10| inches. Width of articular siurface 12 inches: hein-ht 7^ inches. The different English skeletons of this whale which I have ex- amined and which are adult, or at least nearly of the same size (that is, from 70 to 80 feet long), exhibit considerable variation in the form and in the size of the perforation, and in the development of the rings of the lateral processes of the hinder cervical vertebrae, showing that there are several species, or, what is more probable, that their bones are liable to a considerable amount of variation. The British Museum specimen was found floating on the sea in a. 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. Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London
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