. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 1(>. PHOCA. 31 position which he has won by his hydrographic and scientific quali- fications. 10. PHOCA. lluzzle broad, short; forehead convex; whiskers smooth, taper- ing ; ear-hole large; fingers unequal, the third longest, second and fourth long, the first and fifth shorter, nearly equal; palate with a semicircular edge behind. Forehead arched; grinders small, far apart, often much worn ; teeth small. The branches of the lower jaw arched on the sides and wdde apart; lower edg
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 1(>. PHOCA. 31 position which he has won by his hydrographic and scientific quali- fications. 10. PHOCA. lluzzle broad, short; forehead convex; whiskers smooth, taper- ing ; ear-hole large; fingers unequal, the third longest, second and fourth long, the first and fifth shorter, nearly equal; palate with a semicircular edge behind. Forehead arched; grinders small, far apart, often much worn ; teeth small. The branches of the lower jaw arched on the sides and wdde apart; lower edge produced, form- ing a blunt rugulose tubercle on the inner side behind the symphysis ; the angle of the lower jaw with a rounded lobe on the inner side above the basal tubercle. (Fig. 10.) Female. Teats 4. Inhab. Northern Seas. Phoca, sp., Linn. &c. Phoca, Gray, Zool. ; Cat. Phocidce B. 31. 26. Callocephalus, sp., F. Cuvier, Mem. Mus. xi. 1827. Fio-. Phoca barbata. Skull, grinder, and palate. 1. Phoca barbata. Leporine Seal. Male. Black; belly yellowish, black-dotted. Female. Beneath grey. Phoca barbata, O. Fahr. Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. i. f. 3 (skull); Faun. Groenl. 15; Mull. Zool. Dan. Proclr. viii. ; Nilsson, Skand. Faun. i. 374; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 817; Thienem. Nat. Bemerk. i. t. 1, 2, 3, t. 4 (skull); B^dl. Set. Nat. v. 261; F. Cuv. Mem. 3Ius. xi. 184. t. 12. f. 4, A;, /, m; Gray, Cat. Osteol. ^ec. B. 31. 32; Zool. Frebus §• Terror; Griffith's A. K. v. 178; Fischer, 8i/n. 240; Blainv. Osteoff. Phoca, t. 9 (dentition) ; ? Temm. Fauna 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 Order of the Trustees
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