. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 462 BELPHINIDiE. DELPHINID^. CETACEA. {ODONTOCETI.). Genus Delphinus (Linnaeus, 1766). Generic Character.—Head with well-marked produced beak ; a dorsal-fin. Teeth conical, equal, and numerous in both jaws. Beak of skull usually as long as brain-case, or eren longer. COMMON DOLPHIN. Delphinus delphis (Linn.). Specific Character.—Black above, shaded to brilliant white below. Teeth Is'^o to |g:f;; vertebra; 70 to 75. Length of adult 6 to 8 feet. Delphinus delphis, Linn^ds, Syst. Nat., I., 108 (1766). ,, vulgaris, LAoip^DE, Hist.
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 462 BELPHINIDiE. DELPHINID^. CETACEA. {ODONTOCETI.). Genus Delphinus (Linnaeus, 1766). Generic Character.—Head with well-marked produced beak ; a dorsal-fin. Teeth conical, equal, and numerous in both jaws. Beak of skull usually as long as brain-case, or eren longer. COMMON DOLPHIN. Delphinus delphis (Linn.). Specific Character.—Black above, shaded to brilliant white below. Teeth Is'^o to |g:f;; vertebra; 70 to 75. Length of adult 6 to 8 feet. Delphinus delphis, Linn^ds, Syst. Nat., I., 108 (1766). ,, vulgaris, LAoip^DE, Hist. Nat. des Get., 260 (1804). AiXfls, Akistotlb, Hist. An. Z., VI., u. 12. Delphirms, Flint, Hist. Nat. Z., IX., c. 8. Ardluarsuk of Greenlanders, Springare of Swedes. The mythological and poetical associations which belong to the Dolphin, its reputed attachment to man- kind, its benevolent aid in cases of .shipwreck, its dedi- cation to the gods, and many other attributes expressive of the high estimation in which it was held in olden times, afford a striking example of how the unre- strained imagination of the ancients could raise the most gorgeous structures of poetry and religion upon the most slender basis. The story of Arion's escape on 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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