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- proper noun A taxonomic
clade within thesuborder Caniformia — aquatic mammals, includingwalruses ,fur seals andsea lions , andseals .
Etymologies
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Sea lion is the name given to sea-dwelling mammals belonging to the Otariidae family of the Pinnipedia superfamily.
Archive 2010-04-01 Michael James 2010
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Sea lion is the name given to sea-dwelling mammals belonging to the Otariidae family of the Pinnipedia superfamily.
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But in the Sarcotheria (both the Carnivora and the seals, Pinnipedia) and in the elephant and several other
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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_Fissipedia_ (split-feet) or land Carnivora, and the _Pinnipedia_
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The Pinnipedia or Pinnigrada are amphibious in their habits, living chiefly in the water, but resorting occasionally to the land.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Pinnipedia called Arctocephalinae to contrast them with Otariinae - the sea lions - based on the most prominent common feature, namely the coat of dense underfur intermixed with guard hairs.
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Pinnipedia called Arctocephalinae to contrast them with Otariinae - the sea lions - based on the most prominent common feature, namely the coat of dense underfur intermixed with guard hairs.
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This covers the Fissipedia (terrestrial forms) and Pinnipedia (marine forms).
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p. 172 exciting news came in: Natalia Rybczynski, Mary Dawson and Richard Tedford, ‘A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia’, Nature 458 2009, pp.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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p. 172 exciting news came in: Natalia Rybczynski, Mary Dawson and Richard Tedford, ‘A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia’, Nature 458 2009, pp.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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