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A new and complete history of quadrupeds, beasts, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, waters, earth, fossils, minerals, vegetables, shells, winds, sun, moon, planets, &c., &c

Catalog Data

Author:
Walcott, S  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1795
Notes:
a literary curuiosity, a popular compilationn of no scientific value. Cetacea 202-206: 1. Greenland whale 202-204, pl. lxii fig. 66; 2. pike headed whale 204; 3. round-lipped whale 204; 4. cachalot or spermaceti whale 204, 205; 5. great headed cachalot; 6. round headed cachalot 205; 7. dolphin; 8. grampus; 9. porpus 205-206. figure of narwhal but no description.
Topic:
Bowhead  Search this
Minke whale  Search this
Sperm Whale  Search this
Common dolphin  Search this
Saddleback porpoise  Search this
Whitebellied porpoise  Search this
Whitefront dolphin  Search this
Killer whale  Search this
Risso's dolphin  Search this
Grampus  Search this
Harbor porpoise  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes
Cetacea--Odontocetes
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Balaenoptera--acutorostrata
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Physeteridae--Physeter--catodon
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Delphinus--delphis
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Orcinus--orca
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Grampus--griseus
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Phocoenidae--Phocoena--phocoena
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8148