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	phocidae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The true seals or earless seals are one of the two main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia.
		This combination of fasting with lactation is one of the most unusual and extraordinary behaviors displayed by the Phocidae, because it requires the mother seal to provide large amounts of energy to her pup at a time when she herself is taking in no food (and often, no water) to replenish her stores.
		Because they must continue to burn fat reserves to supply their own metabolic needs while they are feeding their pups, phocid seals have developed an extremely thick, fat-rich milk that allows them to provide their pups with a large amount of energy in as small a period of time as possible.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Phocidae.html (748 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The various forms, known also as fur seals, hair seals, elephant seals, sea lions, and leopard seals, are widely distributed throughout the marine regions of the frigid and temperate zones; only the monk seals of the genus Monachus are tropical.
		All three families represent a reversion to aquatic habitat from ancestral land dwellers; they have become almost perfectly adapted to life in the water, and resort to shores or ice floes only to breed and to rear their young.
		The 19 species of Phocidae, or true seals, lack external ears and have shorter, relatively inflexible necks and undeveloped forelimbs; the forelimbs, however, do bear claws used for crawling up rocks and ice floes.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/seal.html (987 words)

	Comparative Mammalian Brain Collections: PINNEPEDIA
		All pinnipeds had to modify the basic mammalian pattern, which is designed for life on land, into a body form adapted to life in the three dimensional environment of water.
		There are three generally recognized families in the Pinnipedia: Phocidae (true seals), Otariidae (eared seals), and Odobenidae (walruses).
		Pinnipeds also spend considerable time on land along the arctic and subarctic shores of all the world's oceans (in contrast to the cetaceans and sirenians, which are completely aquatic).
	brainmuseum.org /specimens/pinnipedia (255 words)

	Walrus 411
		There are the Phocidae that means ÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬Ãâtrue sealsÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬ÃÂ, the Otariidae which means ÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬Ãâeared sealsÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬ÃÂ and which includes the fur seals and sea lions, and last, the Odobenidae which means ÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬Ãâthe walrusÃÂ¢Ã¢âÂ¬ÃÂ.
		However, the most noticeable ways are that the Otariidae seals have outer ear flaps and they usually walk on both their hind and fore flippers.
		On the other hand, Phocidae seals do not have visible ear flaps and they do not drag themselves along the land by their fore flippers or bodies or even use their hind flippers to drag themselves through the water.
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		The pinnipeds are divided into three families: the Otariidae or eared seals, the Odobenidae or walruses, and the Phocidae or earless seals.
		The Otariidae and Odobenidae were long believed to have developed from bear-like ancestors, while the Phocidae were believed to have developed from members of the mustelid family, which includes weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters.
		The Phocidae, or earless seals, first appeared in European waters in the late Oligocene Epoch (36 to 22.5 million years ago).
	www.suite101.com /print_article.cfm/4003/39692 (654 words)

	Hydrurga leptonyx
		Phocidae: Hydrurga leptonyx - Seeleopard:...- Merkmale des Seeleoparden - Hydrurga leptonyx (BestimmungsÃ¼bungen an Voegeln und Saeugern).
		: On one of the floes passing by we at least spot a sea leopard (Hydrurga leptonyx), a seal of the common seal type (phocidae), with a body measuring three...
		Family Phocidae (True Seals) Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx.
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/scientific_name/H/Hydrurga_leptonyx.shtml (3537 words)

	Phocidae or seals - TheWebsiteOfEverything.com
		The Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) in the Family Phocidae, is an endangered marine mammal that is endemic to the warm, clear waters of the Hawaiian Islands.
		Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: Monachus Species: schauinslandi Binomial name Monachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 The Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi) in the Family Phocidae, is an endangered marine mammal that is endemic to the warm, clear waters of the Hawaiian Islands.
		Binomial name Monachus schauinslandiMatschie, 1905 The Hawaiian monk seal, classified as Monachus schauinslandi in the Family Phocidae, is an endangered marine mammal endemic to the warm, clear waters of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Carnivora/Phocidae (530 words)

	seal -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		There are two types of seals: the earless, or true, seals (family Phocidae); and the eared seals (family Otariidae), which comprise the sea lions and fur seals.
		The harbour seal is whitish or grayish at birth and as an adult is generally gray with fl spots.
		The adult male may attain a length and weight of about 1.8 m (6 feet) and 130 kg (290 pounds); the female is somewhat smaller.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9066472?tocId=9066472 (918 words)

	Marine Mammals -
		The remaining wholly marine (those animals that do habitually frequent fresh water) mammals are all included in the order Carnivora and include two species of otter in the family Mustelidae, Enhydra lutris and Lutra felina.
		Members of the three pinniped families Odobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals) and Phocidae (earless seals) are all largely aquatic, only emerging on land to breed and rest, particularly when molting.
		One member of the family Phocidae, the Caribbean monk seal Monachus tropicalis, has become extinct this century.
	www.oceansatlas.org /id/17935 (264 words)

	seal (animal)
		The seals are easily upset by any disturbance, with pregnant females aborting, contributing to the decline of the species.
		Aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Otariidae and Phocidae (sometimes placed in a separate order, the Pinnipedia).
		The eared seals or sea lions (Otariidae) have small external ears, unlike the true seals (Phocidae).
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007384.html (272 words)

	PINNIPED FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The pinnipeds now fall within the suborder Caniformia and comprise the families Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (sea_lions, eared_seals, and fur_seals), and Phocidae (true_seals).
		Their bodies are well adapted to their aquatic habitat, in which they spend most of their lives.
		A hybrid sea lion from a cross between the California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) and the South American sea lion (Otaria byronia) has occurred.
	www.gottaorderflowers.com /Pinniped (215 words)

	Pinnipeds
		Pinnipedia is the order of mammals that includes the seals and sea lions.
		There are three families of Pinnipeds: the true seals (Phocidae), the eared seals (Otariidae), and the walruses (Odobenidae).
		Phocidae: The true seals have no external ear flaps, and only a small ear hole is visible on their head.
	www2.canisius.edu /~noonan/cac2000/pinnipeds.htm (268 words)

	SBCC Bio Sci: Course Links
		Pinnipeds are the seals (Family Phocidae), sea lions (Family Otariidae) and walruses (Family Odobenidae).
		The seals group and the sea lion group is common all over the world in many habitats while the walrus group is only found in the north polar area (the Arctic).
		There is a group of sea lions that are common called "fur seals." These fur seals are not true seals at all because they have external ear flaps (pinna), webbed front flippers, and can rotate their hind limbs forward.
	www.biosbcc.net /ocean/marmam.htm (312 words)

	Refuges Text Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Since they are mammals, they must always come up to the surface to breathe, although they can often hold their breath for surprising lengths of time.
		The Phocidae, or true seals, lack external ear flaps and do not use their flippers to "walk" on land.
		Togiak Refuge is home to five species from this group; the harbor seal and spotted seal are seen fairly frequently, while the ringed seal (Pusa hispida), ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) and bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) are less common.
	www.r7.fws.gov /internettv/nwrtv/togiaktv/wildlife/seals.htm (738 words)

	The Pinnipeds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term pinniped, or `fin` or `feather footed`, is used to describe a group of amphibious, mammalian, aquatic carnivores that all share similarities in body shape, ecology and behaviour.
		At present there are 33 known species of pinniped, 18 phocid, 14 otariid and 1 odobenid, a thirty fourth, The Caribbean Monk Seal (phocid), is sadly thought to be extinct.
		The second, diphyletic view, is that phocids and otariids originated independently of each other some 20 million years ago, the otariidae and odobenidae evolving from a bear like ancestor and the phocidae from Otter like animals in the mid Miocene.
	www.cornes1.fsnet.co.uk /pinniped.htm (1144 words)

	Ross Seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Ross seal is the smallest of the Antarctic seals (approx.
		The Pinnipedia or pinnipeds are classified into three families: the Phocidae - seals (earless or true seals), the Otaridae...
		Antarctica: Antarctic Seals in 1972; its purpose is to protect the Southern elephant seal, the Leopard seal, the Weddall seal, the Crabeater seal, the Ross seal, and the...
	www.specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/QR/Ross_Seal.shtml (1876 words)

	Seal,Mammals,Seal Picture,Mammal Pictures,Catalog,Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		They are also called the earless seals because they lack external ears, having only a tiny, wrinkled ear opening on each side of the head.
		The true seals, family Phocidae, are classified with the eared seals (sea lions and fur seals), family Otariidae, and the walruses, family Odobenidae, in the Pinnipedia--the pinnipeds are regarded as either a suborder of the order Carnivora or a separate order.
		The true seals comprise 18 living species grouped into 13 genera; 10 extinct genera are also known.
	www.4to40.com /4to40.com_non_ssl/earth/geography/htm/mammalsindex.asp?counter=137 (1331 words)

	Antarctic Alert - Full Record Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Phylogenetic relationships of the Phocidae and population genetics of ice breeding seals
		Due to their evolutionary origins among the terrestrial carnivores, the distribution of all pennipeds (seals, sea lions, and walrus) is essentially coastal or associated with ice in high latitudes.
		In contrast, many ice breeding species direct observation of movement and dispersasl is not feasible due to the relative inaccessibility of their habitat.
	www.coldregions.org /A_A_B023.htm (182 words)

	OSC Seal Page Home
		The term pinnipedia means 'fin foot' in latin.
		Seals that belong to the family Phocidae, or 'Phocid', are known as true seals.
		Included in this group are elephant seals, several species of ice seals (e.g.
	www.osc.mun.ca /seals/index.html (169 words)

	Search Results for earless - Encyclopædia Britannica
		(Histriophoca fasciata), earless seal of the family Phocidae found in the North Pacific and the Bering Sea.
		The harbour seal is whitish or grayish at birth and as an adult is generally gray with fl...
		(species Pusa, or Phoca, hispida), nonmigratory, earless seal (family Phocidae) of North Polar seas and a few freshwater lakes in Europe and on Baffin Island.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=earless&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (416 words)

	Zoek-resultaten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Het dier is beschermd tegen de kou van het water door middel van een dikke speklaag.
		Mamalia zoogdieren Pinnipedia zeeroofdieren Phocidae zeehonden Phoca vitulina
		Uit totaal 3.480 records is 1 record gevonden.
	www.netwijs.nl /resultaten.asp?search=zeeroofdieren (76 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Order Carnivora
		Some sources add in the three families of Pinnipeds: Otariidae (eared seals), Odobenidae (walrus), and Phocidae (earless seals), while other sources give them their own suborder, Pinnepedia, and still other sources give them their own order altogether.
		However, many authorities believe that the pinnipeds are morphologically similar to the Canoidea, and believe that the Otariidae and Odobenidae families arose from bear-like ancestors, and the Phocidae family arose from the common ancestor of the otters.
		It seems there is not enough evidence in either direction, so it is up to the individual taxonomist.
	www.lioncrusher.com /order_carnivora.html (1217 words)

	Aquatic Mammals 6(3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bryden, M. Arteriovenus anastomoses in the skin of seals.III.
		The harp seal, Pagophilus groenlandicus and the hooded seal Cystophorus cristata (Pinipedia : Phocidae).
		Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, the skin and fatty acids as a natural barrier to fungal penetration.
	www.eaam.org /am_6_3.htm (86 words)

	SDNHM - Mirounga angustirostris (Elephant Seal)
		When the elephant seal molts, skin peels off along with the hair.
		The elephant seal, along with other members of the true seal family Phocidae, has no external ears.
		It swims with its hind flippers, which are always extended behind and cannot be curled forward.
	www.oceanoasis.org /fieldguide/miro-ang.html (636 words)

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