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    Administration. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. "Pinniped Research Lab (PEARL) home page". Pinniped Ecology Applied Research Laboratory. Oregon State...
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    group is called a pinniped or a seal. They are widespread throughout the ocean and some larger lakes, primarily in colder waters. Pinnipeds range in size...
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  • Pinnipeds (from Latin pinna "wing or fin" and ped- "foot"), or fin-footed mammals, are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals...
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    during the Pleistocene. While the Baikal Seal is the only unique species of pinniped to live in a purely freshwater environment for the duration of their lives...
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    Pinniped Specialist Group) (2014). "Mirounga leonina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-13. Kovacs, K. (IUCN SSC Pinniped...
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    †Hydrarctos lomasiensis Muizon, 1978 List of pinniped species Berta, A.; Churchill, M. (2012). "Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species...
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    caniforms include the Caninae, Procyonidae, bears, mustelids, skunks and pinnipeds that occur worldwide with immense diversity in their morphology, diet...
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    Earless seal (category Pinnipeds)
    Maddin, Hillary C. (2020). "A Total Evidence Phylogenetic Analysis of Pinniped Phylogeny and the Possibility of Parallel Evolution Within a Monophyletic...
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    Walrus (category Pinnipeds of the Arctic Ocean)
    The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic...
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    should protect its marine biodiversity. Rare marine species such as the pinniped seals and the loggerhead sea turtle live in the seas surrounding mainland...
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    single species, the walrus. A large (2,000 kg or 4,400 lb), distinctive pinniped with long whiskers and tusks, the walrus has a discontinuous circumpolar...
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    like breeding location. The mating system of pinnipeds varies from polygamy to serial monogamy. Pinnipeds are known for early differential growth and maternal...
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    layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. It was present in many marine reptiles, such...
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    Odobenidae (category Pinnipeds)
    Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). In the past, however, the group was much more...
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    Australian sea lion (category Pinnipeds of Australia)
    Australian sealion, is a species of sea lion that is the only endemic pinniped in Australia. It is currently monotypic in the genus Neophoca, with the...
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    Eared seal (category Pinnipeds)
    ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7886153. PMID 33591975. Berta, Annalisa (2009), "Pinniped Evolution", Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Elsevier, pp. 861–868, doi:10...
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    Japanese sardine was one of the most abundant fish in the summer. Pinniped: The main pinnipeds were a significant object of harvest for the indigenous populations...
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  • following species: Torque teno pinniped virus 1 Torque teno pinniped virus 2 Torque teno pinniped virus 3 Torque teno pinniped virus 5, previously named Torque...
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    amphicynodontines with pinnipeds, as both groups were semi-aquatic, otter-like mammals. In addition to the support of the pinniped–amphicynodontine clade...
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    Ribbon seal (category Pinnipeds of the Arctic Ocean)
    The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae). A seasonally ice-bound species, it is found in...
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    Harbor seal (category Pinnipeds of Asia)
    coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters...
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    Pinnipedimorpha (category Prehistoric pinnipeds)
    PMID 16012099. Paterson, R. S.; Rybczynski, N.; Kohno, N.; Maddin, H. C. (2020). "Pinniped taxonomy: review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence...
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  • phoque in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phoque is the French word for pinniped. It may also refer to: Ile des Phoques, a rugged granite island, with an...
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    mammals include healthy populations of Harbour porpoise, growing numbers of pinnipeds and occasional visits of large whales, including blue whales and orcas...
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    Aquarium, Australia Adventure, Big Cat Complex, Discovery Center, Hub Harbor Pinniped Pavilion, Jaama Kwa: Connection to Africa, Kids' Kingdom, The Cave, Tropical...
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    Leopard seal (category Pinnipeds of Antarctica)
    the orca. It feeds on a wide range of prey including cephalopods, other pinnipeds, krill, fish, and birds, particularly penguins. It is the only species...
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    Bearded seal (category Pinnipeds of the Arctic Ocean)
    (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. It gets its generic name...
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    megalake, the basis of the Caspian Sea and other bodies of water in vicinity, resulting in confinements of oceanic faunas such as cetaceans and pinnipeds....
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    as the Shetland Islands are occasionally home to a larger variety of pinnipeds including bearded, harp, hooded and ringed seals, and even walrus. North...
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    following year, Hanan & Associates additionally noted the overall increase in pinniped populations along the entire coastline and suggested that more research...
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