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.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.






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

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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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