. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 470 DELPHINID^. CETACEA. DELPHINIDJS. (ODONTOCETI.). WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN. Delphinus acutus (J. E. Gray). Specific Character.—Black above, white below, on each flank is a large white stripe, which is continued above and behind by a yellow or brownish band. Rostrum of skull slender and pointed ; teeth ^f :^| to, §|;§| vertebrae 80 or 82, ribs 15 pairs. Length of adult 6 to 8 feet. Ddphmus acutus, J. E. Grat, Spic. Zool., 2 (1828). ,, eschrichtii, Schlehel, Abhandl. Zool., &c., p. 23 (1841), ,, Uucopleurus, Basoh, " Nova
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. 470 DELPHINID^. CETACEA. DELPHINIDJS. (ODONTOCETI.). WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN. Delphinus acutus (J. E. Gray). Specific Character.—Black above, white below, on each flank is a large white stripe, which is continued above and behind by a yellow or brownish band. Rostrum of skull slender and pointed ; teeth ^f :^| to, §|;§| vertebrae 80 or 82, ribs 15 pairs. Length of adult 6 to 8 feet. Ddphmus acutus, J. E. Grat, Spic. Zool., 2 (1828). ,, eschrichtii, Schlehel, Abhandl. Zool., &c., p. 23 (1841), ,, Uucopleurus, Basoh, " Nova Spec. Descript.," &c., (1843). Lagenorhynchus ,, Gbat, Zool. Erebus and Terror, I., 34 (1846). „ acutus, „ „ - „ „ I., 36 „ We have followed the example of Nilsson, Eschricht, and Lilljeborg, in considering the Delphinus leucopleurus of Rasch to be identical with Dr. Gray's X>. acutus; and also with Schlegel's D. eschrichtii. They appear to agree in all important points, both of external appearance and of osteological structure. Dr. Gray first described D. acutus from an Orkney skull, formerly in the collection of Mr. Brookes and now in the Museum of Leyden ; while the types of Herr Rasch's species were a large shoal which occurred in the Christiania Fjord in 1843. Besides the Orkney example mentioned above, an adult female was sent from the same locality in May. 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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