. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. HOODED SEAL. CARNIYOEA. PINNIPEDIA. 257 PHOCIDJ<... Genus Cystophora (Nilsson, 18£0). Generic Character.—Male with a large hood on nose, inflatile at will; muzzle hairy. Skull with ossified portion of mesethmoid produced in front of nasals. Teeth, inc. 5, molars | :|, with large roots and compressed plaited crowns. HOODED SEAL. Cystophora cristata (Erxleben). Specific Character.—Dark grey above, spotted with an even darker shade; lighter beneath. Length of adult from seven to ten feet. Phoca cristata, ,, le(yiiina, ,, mitrat
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. HOODED SEAL. CARNIYOEA. PINNIPEDIA. 257 PHOCIDJ<... Genus Cystophora (Nilsson, 18£0). Generic Character.—Male with a large hood on nose, inflatile at will; muzzle hairy. Skull with ossified portion of mesethmoid produced in front of nasals. Teeth, inc. 5, molars | :|, with large roots and compressed plaited crowns. HOODED SEAL. Cystophora cristata (Erxleben). Specific Character.—Dark grey above, spotted with an even darker shade; lighter beneath. Length of adult from seven to ten feet. Phoca cristata, ,, le(yiiina, ,, mitrata, Cystophora cristata, Stemmatopus cristattis, Ekxleben, Syst. Reg. An., 590 (1777). Fabbicius, Fauna Groenl. (nee. Linn.) 1790. Cdvier, Ossem. Foss. V. 210. Nilssoif, Skand. Fauna (1820). F. CuviEE, Diet. Sc. Nat., XXXIX. (1826). Neitersoah of Gfreenlanders, Klapmyds of Danes, Bladder-nose of Sealers. This genus diiFers strikingly from the rest of the family, both in its external and osteological characters. The nasal aperture of the skull is much expanded, and. 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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