. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 392 BAL^NOPTERID^. GET ACE A. BAL^NOPTEJilD^. \mystacoceti.). Genus Megaptera (Gray, 1844). Generic Oharacter.—Skin of tliroat and belly plaited; a low obtuse dorsal fin; flippers very long, equalling a fourth or even a third of the whole length, their edges undulated; lips marked by a row of tubercles; head broad and flat. Cervical vertebrse usually free, acromion of scapular absent or rudi- mentary. HUMP-BACKED WHALE. Megaptera longimana (Rudolphi). Specific Character.—Black above, varied black and white below; flippers wholl
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 392 BAL^NOPTERID^. GET ACE A. BAL^NOPTEJilD^. \mystacoceti.). Genus Megaptera (Gray, 1844). Generic Oharacter.—Skin of tliroat and belly plaited; a low obtuse dorsal fin; flippers very long, equalling a fourth or even a third of the whole length, their edges undulated; lips marked by a row of tubercles; head broad and flat. Cervical vertebrse usually free, acromion of scapular absent or rudi- mentary. HUMP-BACKED WHALE. Megaptera longimana (Rudolphi). Specific Character.—Black above, varied black and white below; flippers wholly white; baleen black. Vertebra 63, ribs 14 pairs. Length of adult about 50 feet. Balcbna loSps, Fabkioius (nee Linn.) Fauna Grcenl. (1790), 36. ,, Icmgimana, Kudolphi, Mem. Ace. Berl., 1829, 133. Megaptera ,, J. E. Gray, Zool. Erebus and Terror (1844), I., 17. Kyphobakma boSps, Esohkioht, Nord. WaUthiere (1849), 146. Keporlcak of Greenlanders. Puchelkval of Swedes. The Hump-backs and Rorquals or Fin-Whales con- stitute the family BalcenopteridcB, distinguished by the longitudinal plaits or folds which mark the skin of their throats and bellies, and by the possession of a dorsal fin. In this family the head is relatively smaller than in the Right-Whales, and the jaws are less arched, the baleen is short and twisted, the vertebraj of the neck are usually separate, and the flipper has only four fingers. 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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