. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 240 OARNI70RA PINNIPEDIA. PHOCID/E. PHOClDvE. «. ^-^-^i^^^i^AsI^*^. Genus Phoca (Linnaeus, 1766). Generic Character.—Head rounded, muzzle bald, braiu-oase of skull large. Teeth, inc. f, can. \:\, grinders |:|, tuberculated, the first with one root, the rest with two. COMMON SEAL. Phoca viiulina (Linnaeus). Specific Character.—Spotted above with grey and black, whitish below. Ascending processes of intermaxillaries truncated, not reaching the nasals or touching them at one point only ; bony palate acutely notched behind, posteri
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 240 OARNI70RA PINNIPEDIA. PHOCID/E. PHOClDvE. «. ^-^-^i^^^i^AsI^*^. Genus Phoca (Linnaeus, 1766). Generic Character.—Head rounded, muzzle bald, braiu-oase of skull large. Teeth, inc. f, can. \:\, grinders |:|, tuberculated, the first with one root, the rest with two. COMMON SEAL. Phoca viiulina (Linnaeus). Specific Character.—Spotted above with grey and black, whitish below. Ascending processes of intermaxillaries truncated, not reaching the nasals or touching them at one point only ; bony palate acutely notched behind, posterior palatine foramena opening on maxillie. Molars crowded, placed obliquely. Length of adult from three to five feet. Plmca vitulina. LwsMVS, Syst. Nat. I. 56 (1766). ,, variegata. Nilsson, Skand. Fauna (1820). CalocepluUm vituUnus. F. Ccvieb, Diet. Sc. Nat. XXXIX, 544 (1826). Tang-fish (Shetland); Kawn (Hebrides) ; Sealoh, Selkie (Scotland), Sea- dog, Sea-calf, and Sea-cat (of Sailors). The distinguishing characteristics of this, the com- monest European species of Seal, are at length well determined. Of these, the oblique position of the. 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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