Otariidae
The number of species in the family Otariidae.
What is 14?
The number of species in the family Phocidae.
What is 18?
The only species in this family.
What are walruses?
The only marine member of this family.
What is sea otters?
The only marine mammal of this family.
What is polar bears?
A key physical difference between Otariidae and Phocidae.
What is ear flaps?
These marine mammals have no ___ ___.
What is external ears?
The gender with larger tusks.
What is male?
The number of hairs this organism can have up to per square inch.
What is one million hairs?
This marine mammal partially hibernates in ___ dens.
What is multichambered?
They are ___ ___ on land than Phocidae.
What is more mobile?
The family Phocidae are considered ___ seals.
What is true?
The geographic range of this marine mammal with the largest concentration.
What is the Pacific?
The geographic range of this marine mammal.
What is the North Pacific?
The geographic range of this marine mammal.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
The largest of the Otariidae family.
What is Steller Sea Lions?
A physical feature that seals possess but sea lions do not.
What is nails?
The reason this marine mammal requires pack-ice.
What is hauling out and breeding?
The place where they store tools and food.
What is armpit pockets?
The greatest threat to this marine mammal.
What is climate change?
The tool scientists use to count sea lions (and other animals).
What is telemetry?
The conservation status for these marine mammals.
What is threatened?
The name of the long stiff hairs growing around the mouth on this marine mammal.
What is vibrissae?
This marine mammal is considered a ___ because they are indicators of ecological change.
What is keystone species?
This marine mammal has a greater chance of overheating than being cold because of ___.
What is thermoregulation?