The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 68 Report on the Seals

REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the

VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.

ZOOLOGY Part LXVIII

1888

Report on the Seals collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.

by

Sir William Turner, Knt.,
M.B., LL.D., F.R.SS. L.&E.,
Professor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh,
Member of the General Medical Council.

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 29th January 1887 and 25th February 1888.)

240 pp. Illustrated with 10 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 26, 1888.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

June, 2004.

A high resolution (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
is available here in three sections.
From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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Left Section at 800 ppi

Middle Section at 800 ppi

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CONTENTS

Preface 1 001
Contents 2   002

Part I - DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES
    Macrorhinus   3   003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019
    Leptonychotes 20   020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029
    Otaria 29   029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036
    Arctocephalus 36   036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055

Part II - CLASSIFICATION OF THE PINNIPEDIA
    Phocidæ 55   055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069
       Phocinæ 57
       Ogmorhininæ 63
       Cystophorinæ 67
    Trichechidæ 69   069 070 071 072
    Otariidæ 72   072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089

Part III. Brain of the Elephant Seal and Walrus 89   089 090 091 092 093 094 095 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135

Part IV. Visceras of Elephant Seal 135   135 136 137 138 139

APPENDIX - The Myology of the Pinnipedia. By Dr. W.C. Strettell Miller
    INTRODUCTION 139   139
    Dermal Muscles 140 140
    Muscles of the Fore-limb 142   142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176
    Myology of the Hind Limb 176   176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213
    The Muscles of Mastication 213 213 214
    The Muscles of the Neck 214   214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225
    ...
    The Diaphragm 225   225 226
    The Deep Muscles of the Back 226   226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233
    The Muscles of the Tail 233 233
    Some of the Perineal Muscles 234 234

INDEX TO REPORTS ON MARINE MAMMALS 235   235 236 237 238 239 240

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