Search Results for: Mammals of the order Sirenia
•marine mammals include cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters, sirenians (manatees and dugongs) and polar bears. •all whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans. • baleen -- stiff plates in the upper jaw of some whales, used to filter out tiny animals from the water for food.
•toothed whales can use echolocation – emitting a sound and then listening to the echo – to navigate and locate prey. •seals, sea lions, and walruses are pinnipeds. •mustelids are a group of mammals that includes weasels, ferrets, and otters....
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