The better to eat you with: the comparative feeding morphology of phocid seals (Pinnipedia, Phocidae)

One adaptation crucial to the survival of mammalian lineages that secondarily transitioned from land to water environments was the ability to capture and consume prey underwater. Phocid seals have evolved diverse feeding strategies to feed in the marine environment, and the objectives of this study...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Anatomy
Main Authors: Kienle, Sarah S., Berta, Annalisa
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
Subjects:
Original Articles
Hydrurga
Crabeater Seals
Cystophora cristata
Elephant Seals
Hydrurga leptonyx
Leopard Seals
Mirounga leonina
Southern Elephant Seals
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341551/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26646351
https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12410

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