Chapter I: Front Matter

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
CATALOGUE
OF
SEALS AND WHALES
IN THE
BRITISH MUSEUM.

BY
JOHN EDWARD GRAY, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES.
1871.

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Suborder PINNIPEDIA 1

Fam. 1. PHOCIDÆ 1

Tribe I. PHOCINA 2

1. Callocephalus 2

2. Pagomys 2

3. Pagophilus 2

equestris. N. Pacific 2

ochotensis. N. Pacific 2

4. Halicyon 2

Richardi. N. Pacific 2

Pealei. Antarctic Seas? 2

5. Phoca 3

barbata. North Sea 3

naurica. N. Pacific 3

Tribe II. HALICHŒRINA 3

6. Halichœrus 3

Tribe III. MONACHINA 3

7. Monachus 3

Tribe IV. STENORHYNCHINA 3

8. Stenorhynchus 3

leptonyx. Falkland Is., New Zealand 4

9. Lobodon 4

10. Leptonyx 4

11. Ommatophoca 4

Tribe V. CYSTOPHORINA 4

12. Morunga 4

elephantina. Falkland Island 4

angustirostris. California 5

13. Cystophora 5

Fam. 2. TRICHECHIDÆ 5

1. Trichechus 6

rosmarus 6

Fam. 3. OTARIADÆ 6

Tribe I. OTARIINA 11, 12

1. Otaria 11, 12

jubata. S. America 13

Tribe II. CALLORHININA 11, 14

2. Callorhinus 11, 14

ursinus. Kamtschatka 15

Tribe III. ARCTOCEPHALINA 11, 15

3. Phocarctos 12, 15

Hookeri. Cape Horn 15

4. Arctocephalus 12, 17

antarcticus. Cape of Good Hope 17

nigrescens. Falkland Islands 20

cinereus. Australia 24

Forsteri. N. Zealand 25

falklandicus. Falkland Islands 25

nivosus. Cape of Good Hope 27

Tribe IV. ZALOPHINA 12, 27

5. Zalophus 12, 27

Gilliespii. N. Pacific 28

6. Neophoca 12, 28

lobata. Australia 28

Tribe V. EUMETOPIINA 12, 29

7. Eumetopias 12, 29

Stelleri. California 30

8. Arctophoca 12, 31

Philippii. Juan-Fernandez Island 32

Order CETACEA 34