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Pinniped

Pinnipeds (pronounced /ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz/), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true…

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Pinniped

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related to Bibliography · 34
Pinniped → Academic Press, Annalisa, Bernd, Berta, California Press, David, Dickenson, Encyclopedia, Evolutionary Biology, ISBN, James, Kit, Kovacs, MacDonald, Mammals, Marianne, Marine Mammals, Oxford University Press, Perrin, Reaktion Books
related to Taxonomy · 34
Pinniped → American, An, Annalisa Berta, Arctocephalinae, Arctocephalus, Australian, Caniformia, Carnivora, Enaliarctos, Five, History, In, Joel Asaph Allen, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, New Zealand, North America, North American, Odobenidae, Of, Otariidae
related to Evolution · 27
Pinniped → Arctic Canada, As, Both Puijila, California, Desmatophocidae, Early Miocene, Enaliarctos, Eocene, Europe, Fossil, However, It, Its, Late Oligocene, Musteloidea, North Pacific, Oligocene/early Miocene, One, Oregon, Phocidae
related to External links · 24
Pinniped → Archived, Atmospheric Administration, August, California, Department, Fisheries, July, Laboratory, National Oceanographic, Oregon State University, PEARL, Pinniped Cognition, Pinniped Ecology Applied Research, Pinniped Laboratory, Pinniped Research Lab, Pinnipeds, Retrieved, Santa Cruz, Seal Conservation, Seal Conservation Society
related to Hunting · 24
Pinniped → After, Antarctic, Arctic, Canadian, Caspian, Commercial, Conversely, Eventually, Guadalupe Island, Harvested, However, Humans, It, Mediterranean, More, National, Originally, Pinnipeds, Several, Some
related to Communication · 21
Pinniped → Antarctic, Antarctica, Arctic, Contact, Dominant, Female, In, Male, Other, Pinnipeds, Similar, Some, The, The Weddell, These, Trilling, Vocalizations, Vocals, Weddell, When
related to Distribution and habitat · 20
Pinniped → As, Baikal, By, Caspian Sea, Even, In, Indomalayan, Lake Baikal, Living, Monk, New Zealand, North Atlantic, North Pacific, Only, Pinnipeds, Seals, Some, Southern Ocean, The Baikal, The Caspian
related to Conservation issues · 18
Pinniped → As, Australian, Caribbean, Caspian, Conservation, Endangered, Galápagos, Hawaiian, International Union, IUCN, Japanese, Mediterranean, Nature, Near Threatened, New Zealand, They, Vulnerable, With
related to In captivity · 18
Pinniped → California, Elder, Francis Galton, Humane Society, Larger, More, Other, Pinnipeds, Pliny, Rome, Seals, Some, Steller, The, They, United States, World Animal Protection, Zoologist Georges Cuvier
related to Reproductive behaviour · 17
Pinniped → An, Females, Hence, In Antarctic, Land-breeding, Larger, Other, Pinnipeds, Polygynous, Seals, Since, Species, Suitable, The, These, This, Walruses

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seals pinnipeds species sea seal walruses may water fur also elephant otariids lions females males land california pups phocids walrus

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Pinnipedis aCalifornia sea lion0.90text
elephant seals have blood volumes that represent up to 20instance ofDeep-diving species0.80text
certain otariids hunt cooperatively in large groupsinstance ofpinnipeds0.80text
locatinginstance ofpinnipeds0.80text
herding their preyinstance ofpinnipeds0.80text
shadeinstance ofOtariid males gain access to females by establishing territories where females can bask and give birth and contain valuable resources0.80text
tide pools or access to waterinstance ofOtariid males gain access to females by establishing territories where females can bask and give birth and contain valuable resources0.80text
the northern fur sealinstance ofbut in some species0.80text
South American sea lioninstance ofbut in some species0.80text
Australian sea lioninstance ofbut in some species0.80text
males keep females in their territories with threatening displaysinstance ofbut in some species0.80text
even violenceinstance ofbut in some species0.80text

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