Small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae
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Porpoises
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A common whale, a dolphin and a porpoise. Coloured engraving by P Dixon, ca 1824.
Date: 1824Reference: 39932i
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On the blow-hole of the porpoise / by Francis Sibson ; communicated by Thomas Bell.
Sibson, F. (Francis), 1814-1876.Date: 1848- Books
Phocæna, or the anatomy of a porpess, dissected at Gresham Colledge: with a preliminary discourse concerning anatomy, and a natural history of animals / [Edward Tyson].
Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708.Date: 1680
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A blunt headed cachalot, a gibbous cachalot, a porpoise and a dolphin. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: published as the Act directs 1 July 1812Reference: 39936i
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A narwhal, a common whale and a pike-headed whale. Etching by J Scott, ca 1812, after S Edwards.
Edwards, Sydenham, 1768-1819.Date: published as the Act directs 1 March 1812Reference: 39937i