. A book of whales. Whales. ANOMALOUS DOLPHINS 295 remarkable feature in the skull, not even excepting the extraordinary maxillary crests, is the condition of the palatines. These do not enter into the formation of the bony palate, but are concealed by the pterygoids. FIG. 40. Skull of Platanista, lateral view. (After van Beneden and Gervais.). m, Maxillary crest. Platanista gangetica, the species named by Lebeck,* the "long-snouted Dolphin of the Ganges," is limited to that river and to its branches, and to the Indus and its branches. It appears never to leave the streams for the se
. A book of whales. Whales. ANOMALOUS DOLPHINS 295 remarkable feature in the skull, not even excepting the extraordinary maxillary crests, is the condition of the palatines. These do not enter into the formation of the bony palate, but are concealed by the pterygoids. FIG. 40. Skull of Platanista, lateral view. (After van Beneden and Gervais.). m, Maxillary crest. Platanista gangetica, the species named by Lebeck,* the "long-snouted Dolphin of the Ganges," is limited to that river and to its branches, and to the Indus and its branches. It appears never to leave the streams for the sea. Its food is chiefly fish and prawns, and it is believed largely to grub about in the river mud to obtain its food. The diminutive eyes render pursuit of an active prey at least difficult, but the whale makes up for these defective organs of vision, :' *' Gcsellsch. Nat-Freunde, Berlin, 1801, p. 28b.; The fullest account of the anatomy of this whale is by Dr. Anderson in 'Anatomical and- Zoological Researches . . Yunnan, 1878, p. 417,'with many plates of both skeleton and " soft ;. 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 Beddard, Frank E. (Frank Evers), 1858-1925. London, J. Murray; New York, G. P. Putnam's sons
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