The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . five feet. It pertains to the Britishfauna, as does also the next species, according toreport, for which the Halicharus gristus, liovv-ever, has been generally mistaken.] Bearded Seal {Ph. barbaia, Fabr.), a northern species, surpassing all the preceding ones in size, which is from seven to eight feet. Its moustaches are thicker and stronger than in the ^. „. „ , , <- , others. [Several more are known from the north- Fig. 3/.—Creiniand Seal. - em hemispher
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . five feet. It pertains to the Britishfauna, as does also the next species, according toreport, for which the Halicharus gristus, liovv-ever, has been generally mistaken.] Bearded Seal {Ph. barbaia, Fabr.), a northern species, surpassing all the preceding ones in size, which is from seven to eight feet. Its moustaches are thicker and stronger than in the ^. „. „ , , <- , others. [Several more are known from the north- Fig. 3/.—Creiniand Seal. - em hemisphere.] The Sterrincks {Stenorhijnchus, F. Cuv.)—Possess four incisors to each jaw, and cheek-teeth deeply notched into three points (fig. 38),[but with single roots : the muzzle slender andmuch elongated ; and very small claws]. One only is known {Ph. leptonyx, Bl.), from theAustral seas: size of the Bearded Seal. [An alliedspecies constitutes The Leptonyx {Leptonyx, Gray)—The grinders of which are bluntly three-lobed,the muzzle broad and rounded, and hind Wcddellii, Lesson.—Also from the South Seas],. _y1SJ
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