This group of marine mammals are most closely related to Hippopotamuses.
What are Cetaceans?
100
Cetaceans include whales, dolphins and...
What are porpoises?
100
"Feather foot" is the literal translation of the name of this superfamily of marine mammals.
What are pinnipeds?
100
These family of marine mammals have the densest fur of all animals with 650,000 follicle per square inch of it's body.
What are Mustelidae? Otters...
200
All marine mammals are considered this group due to reproductive methods of keeping the young in the womb until it is developed.
What are Eutherians?
200
These marine mammals are most closely related to bears and dogs.
What are Pinnipeds?
200
The two suborders of Cetacea are Mysticeti and...
What is Odontoceti?
200
These are the only pinnipeds that have tusks.
What are walruses?
200
This marine mammal is the largest terrestrial carnivore.
What is the polar bear?
300
These are the three orders of Marine Mammals.
What is Carnivora, Sirenia, and Cetacea?
300
These marine mammals are most closely related to elephants.
What are Sirenians?
300
The Odontocetes are "toothed" and the Mysticetes have...
What is baleen?
300
The four types of sirenians.
What are West Indian Manatee, Amazonian Manatee, West African Manatee and dugong?
300
This protected animal discharges the parts of it prey that it can not digest most of the time by vomiting or defecation. This is discharge can be worth some serious money.
What is the Sperm Whale?
400
These endothermic homeotherms have a 4 chambered heart with a high pressure system, internal fertilization, three middle ear bones and a variety of dermal glands.
What are mammals?
400
Weasels are this marine mammal's closest relative.
What are sea otters?
400
This feature is used by Odontocetes for echolocation.
What is the melon?
400
These sirenians nurse from their mother's armpits.
What are manatees?
400
This is what you call baby cetaceans.
What are calves?
500
Marine mammals store some oxygen in their lungs but a special adaptation they have evolved is to store extra oxygen in their...
What is blood and muscle?
500
Elephants and the rock hyrax are the two closest relatives to these marine mammals.
What are the dugong and the manatee?
500
The killer whale belongs to this family of Cetaceans.
What is delphindae?
500
Theses are the two main killers of the Florida Manatees.
What is cold stress and boats?
500
A group of dolphins is called a pod and this is the name for a group of sea otters.