An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidæ in the Collection of the United States National Museum

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Author

True, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1858-1914

Title

The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

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English

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QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Beaked whales

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44785

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44785

Release Date

January 29, 2014

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN ACCOUNT OF THE BEAKED WHALES OF THE FAMILY ZIPHIIDÆ IN THE COLLECTION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH REMARKS ON SOME SPECIMENS IN OTHER AMERICAN MUSEUMS
2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS. — AN ACCOUNT OF THE BEAKED WHALES OF THE FAMILY ZIPHIIDÆ IN THE COLLECTION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH REMARKS ON SOME SPECIMENS IN OTHER AMERICAN MUSEUMS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION. — EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. — WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
5. 5.DESCRIPTIONS OF SKULLS AND SKELETONS OF ZIPHIOID WHALES. — Genus MESOPLODON Gervais. — MESOPLODON BIDENS (Sowerby). — SKULL. — MANDIBLE. — TEETH. — MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS (Blainville)? — MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS (Gervais). — SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. — SKULL. — MANDIBLE. — VERTEBRÆ. — RIBS. — STERNUM. — PECTORAL LIMB. — HISTORY OF THE ATLANTIC CITY SPECIMEN. — EXTERNAL FORM AND COLOR. — MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI True. — SKULL. — MANDIBLE. — TEETH. — EXTERNAL FORM.
6. 6.Genus ZIPHIUS Cuvier. — ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS Cuvier. — HISTORY OF THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, SPECIMEN. — HISTORY OF THE BARNEGAT CITY, NEW JERSEY, SPECIMEN. — COLORATION. — TYPE OF ZIPHIUS SEMIJUNCTUS (COPE). — COMPARISON OF SKELETONS. — VERTEBRAL COLUMN AS A WHOLE. — CHARACTERS OF THE VERTEBRÆ. — CERVICAL VERTEBRÆ. — THORACIC VERTEBRÆ. — LUMBAR VERTEBRÆ. — CAUDAL VERTEBRÆ. — CHEVRONS. — RIBS. — STERNUM. — SCAPULA. — FORE LIMB. — PHALANGEAL FORMULA. — SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES IN SKELETONS. — AGE VARIATIONS IN SKULLS. — SEX CHARACTERS. — TEETH. — SKELETON OF ZIPHIUS FROM BERING ISLAND. — EXTERNAL CHARACTERS.
7. 7.Genus BERARDIUS Duvernoy. — BERARDIUS BAIRDII Stejneger. — HISTORY OF THE ST. GEORGE ISLAND SPECIMENS. — HISTORY OF THE CENTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA, SPECIMEN. — DESCRIPTION OF A YOUNG BERING ISLAND SPECIMEN. — ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII. — SIZE. — COLORATION. — SKULL. — EARBONES. — TEETH. — SKELETON. — VERTEBRÆ. — SCAPULA. — HUMERUS AND ULNA. — CHEVRONS. — STERNUM.
8. 8.Genus HYPEROÖDON Lacépède. — HYPEROÖDON AMPULLATUS (Forster).
9. 9.LIST OF SPECIES OF EXISTING ZIPHIOID WHALES.
10. 10.FOOTNOTES
11. 11.INDEX.
12. 12.EXPLANATION OF PLATES. — Plate 1 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON — Plate 2 SKULLS AND TOOTH OF MESOPLODON — Plate 3 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI — Plate 4 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON — Plate 5 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS — Plate 6 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI — Plate 7 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON — Plate 8 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS — Plate 9 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI — Plate 10 SKULLS OF MESOPLODON — Plate 11 MANDIBLES OF MESOPLODON — Plate 12 MANDIBLE AND TEETH OF MESOPLODON STEJNEGERI — Plate 13 SKELETON AND LUNGS OF MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS — Plate 14 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 15 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 16 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 17 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 18 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 19 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 20 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 21 SKULLS OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 22 MANDIBLES OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 23 MANDIBLES OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 24 MANDIBLES AND VERTEBRÆ OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 25 SKELETON OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 26 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 27 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 28 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 29 SKULLS OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 30 MANDIBLES OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 31 MANDIBLES OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 32 BERARDIUS BAIRDII AND HYPEROÖDON AMPULLATUS — Plate 33 SKELETON OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 34 TYMPANIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS — Plate 35 TYMPANIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS — Plate 36 PERIOTIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS — Plate 37 PERIOTIC BONES OF MESOPLODON, ZIPHIUS, AND BERARDIUS — Plate 38 TEETH OF ZIPHIUS CAVIROSTRIS — Plate 39 TEETH OF BERARDIUS BAIRDII — Plate 40 MESOPLODON EUROPÆUS AND M. STEJNEGERI — Plate 41 MESOPLODON AND ZIPHIUS — Plate 42 BERARDIUS BAIRDII
13. 13.Transcriber’s Notes

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