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Pinnipeds (pronounced /ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz/),
commonly known as seals, are a
widely distributed and
diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly...
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group is
called a
pinniped or a seal. They are
widespread throughout the
ocean and some
larger lakes,
primarily in
colder waters.
Pinnipeds range in size...
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breeding location. The
mating system of
pinnipeds varies from
polygamy to
serial monogamy.
Pinnipeds are
known for
early differential growth and maternal...
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layer of
vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans,
pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was
present in many
marine reptiles, such...
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walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a
large pinniped marine mammal with
discontinuous distribution about the
North Pole in the
Arctic Ocean and subarctic...
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pinnipeds which live in
freshwater bodies. The
group is
paraphyletic in nature, the
uniting factor being the
environment in
which these pinnipeds live...
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caniforms include the Caninae, Procyonidae, bears, mustelids,
skunks and
pinnipeds that
occur worldwide with
immense diversity in
their morphology, diet...
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extinct group of
pinnipeds, Enaliarctos.
While support for the
monophyly of
pinnipeds is strong, the
relationship of
pinnipeds to
terrestrial mammals...
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Odobenidae is a
family of
pinnipeds, of
which the only
extant species is the
walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the
group was much more...
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subfamily of bears, a
paraphyletic ****emblage of
early bears, or even stem-
pinnipeds. The
subparictids were
previously classified as amphicynodontine/ids....
