Abstract

UNDER this title the distinguished anatomist, Prof. Lucae, has contributed to the “Transactions of the Senckenbergian Society of Naturalists,” an elaborate treatise upon the anatomy of the Common Seal (Phoca vitulina). The osteology of Phoca is minutely described, and every part of its skeleton compared with the corresponding portions of that of the Otter—one of its nearest allies among the terrestrial Carnivora. Comparisons with other mammals are also given.

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