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...
Published in: | Journal of Anatomy |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2015
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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 |