Back to the Beach: Adaptations that Enabled Terrestrial Mammals to Return to the Water

Modern aquatic mammals are extremely diverse. This includes classic marine mammals such as cetaceans (whales, including dolphins and porpoises) and sirenians (manatees, dugongs), but also many amphibious mammals that spend some time on land (e.g., seals, otters, hippos, polar bears). Aquatic mammals...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:The FASEB Journal
Main Author: Reidenberg, Joy S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017
Subjects:
Curl
Horn The
Blue whale
narwhal*
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.86.2

Similar Items