. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 11. HALICnCERUS. 33 Sect. II. Grinders -^ or ^ with sinf/Ie root {except the two hinder grinders of Halichoerus). A. Ears, conch no7ie. Toes si7nple, of fore feet exsertcd, of hind feet large; the inner and outer ones large, long, the three middle ones smaller; palm and soles hairy (sometimes chaffy and callous icith tvear). Muffle hairy to the edge and between the nostrils. Grinders ^, Phocaceerna, § 2, part., JSllsson, Skand. Fauna; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 317. Phocina-, part., Turner,
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Seals (Animals); Whales. 11. HALICnCERUS. 33 Sect. II. Grinders -^ or ^ with sinf/Ie root {except the two hinder grinders of Halichoerus). A. Ears, conch no7ie. Toes si7nple, of fore feet exsertcd, of hind feet large; the inner and outer ones large, long, the three middle ones smaller; palm and soles hairy (sometimes chaffy and callous icith tvear). Muffle hairy to the edge and between the nostrils. Grinders ^, Phocaceerna, § 2, part., JSllsson, Skand. Fauna; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 317. Phocina-, part., Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 88. SubfamHy 3. TRICHECHINA. Muzzle large, trtmcafed, simple; canines large ; grinders lohed or truncated when old. Cetfe, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825, .346. Trichechina, Gray, Zool. Erebus (^- Terror, 3. Trichecina et Pliocina, part., Turner, P. Z. S. 1848, 88. Trichecliid*, Gray, Ami. Phil 1825, 340. TrichechidaB sen Campodontia, /. Brookes, Cat. Mus. 37, 1828. Les Morses, F, Cuvier, Diet. Sci. Nat. lix. 465 ; Dents des 3famm. 233. 11, HALICHffiRUS. Muzzle broad, rounded; cutting-teeth ^ ; grinders |?, conical, the hinder two upper and one lower double-rooted, rest simple; canines moderate ; whiskers crenulated; muffle haiiy, becoming baldish with age; palm and soles hairy; claws 5-5, elongate. Palate of skull with a narrow rounded notch behind; lower edge of lower jaw rounded, not dilated or inflexed in front. Fig. Halichoerus Gi}pus. SkuU. Halichcenis, JVilsson, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837; Skand. Fauna, i. 377; Wiegm. Arch. vii. 318. Halychoerus, Honischuch, Isis, 1824, ^-iii. 810; Bull. Sci. Nat. v. 104. Phoca, sp., O. Fabr.; Lichtenstein. D. 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
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