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Mammals. Mammals. Mammalian Characteristics. Bumblebee bat. Mammalian Diversity. Class Mammalia. Order Carnivora Suborder Pinnipedia Family Otariidae Family Phocidae Order Cetacea Whales, dolphins and porpoises. Pinnipeds. Characteristics: Must come to land/ice to breed
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Bumblebee bat Mammalian Diversity
Class Mammalia • Order Carnivora • Suborder Pinnipedia • Family Otariidae • Family Phocidae • Order Cetacea • Whales, dolphins and porpoises
Pinnipeds • Characteristics: • Must come to land/ice to breed • Feed on fish and squid • Most large in size • Residents of cold water • Enhanced diving ability
Family Otariidae • ‘Eared Seals’
Family Otariidae • Steller Sea Lion • Eumetopias jubatus
Family Phocidae • ‘True Seals’
Family Phocidae • Harbor seal • Phoca vitulina • Crabeater seal • Lobodon carcinophaga • Harp seal • Pagophilus groenlandicus • Gray seal • Halichoerus grypus