The brain of fur seals, seals, and walrus (Pinnipedia): A comparative anatomical and phylogenetic study of cranial endocasts of semiaquatic mammals

• Published in: Journal of Mammalian Evolution
• Main Authors: Loza, Cleopatra Mara, Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo Ricardo, Scarano, Alejo Carlos, Romero, Magalí, Barbeito, Claudio Gustavo, Carlini, Alfredo Armando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Anatomy; Brain endocast; Marine mammals; Odobenidae; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Hydrurga; Mara; Ricardo; Villagra; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leptonychotes weddelli; Mirounga leonina; walrus*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/220252

Pinnipeds are semiaquatic carnivorans that spend most of their lives in water. Although there is currently a better under‑ standing of the phylogenetic relationships among pinniped species, there is a lack of neurobiological studies of their brains conducted in an evolutionary framework. We reconstr...