Marine mammal
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Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, marine otters, sea otters and polar bears. They are an info
A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
A leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
A polar bear (Ursus maritimus), a member of family Ursidae
A sea otter (Enhydra lutris), a member of family Mustelidae
Walrus
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The walrus is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only extant species in th
Walrus in the Russian Arctic National Park, Novaya Zemlya 2015 2
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Fossil walrus (O. rosmarus) skull, collected off the coast of New Jersey in 1938. At the AMNH.
Young male Pacific walruses on Cape Pierce, Alaska, showing variation in the curvature and orientation of the tusks and the bumpy skin (bosses) typical of males.