. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 118 VERTEBEATA: MAMMALIA. enormous dimensions, even one hundred feet in length (Fig. 127). To the Mysticetes belong also the Eight Whales or BalsenidiBe, which have the skull much arched FIG. 127. Tlo. Fore-shortened view of Skeleton of a Whale, Balcennptera boops, showing its relative size as compared with Man. and provided with long baleen or whale-bone plates finely fringed on their inner edges (Figs. 124:, 126). This ar- rangement is adapted for securing the food of these whales, which consists of small marine zoophytes, mollusks, and crustacean
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. 118 VERTEBEATA: MAMMALIA. enormous dimensions, even one hundred feet in length (Fig. 127). To the Mysticetes belong also the Eight Whales or BalsenidiBe, which have the skull much arched FIG. 127. Tlo. Fore-shortened view of Skeleton of a Whale, Balcennptera boops, showing its relative size as compared with Man. and provided with long baleen or whale-bone plates finely fringed on their inner edges (Figs. 124:, 126). This ar- rangement is adapted for securing the food of these whales, which consists of small marine zoophytes, mollusks, and crustaceans. Swimming through schools of these little ani- mals the whale engulphs myriads of them at once in its enor- mous mouth; and the water taken in with them is strained off through the baleen. Eight Whales (Fig. 126) attain the length of seventy feet, and sometimes have blubber two or three feet in thickness; and the slabs of whale- bone are eight to ten feet long; and a single individual yields from six hundred to nine hundred slabs on each side of the mouth! The Eight Whales belong to the cold regions. SUB-SECTION X. THE ORDER OF CHIROPTEEA OR BATS. The mammals of this order have been named Chirop- tera because their anterior locomotive members are spe-. 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 Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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