Families Of Marine Mammals Flashcards
What family includes the polar bear?
Family Ursidae
What family includes the sperm whale?
Family Physeteridae
Which family has the spermaceti organ, extremely asymmetrical skull, and are very deep divers?
Family Physeteridae
Which family includes the pygmy and dwarf sperm whales?
Family Kogiidae
Which family composes of deep divers?
Family Kogiidae
Which family includes the beaked whales?
Family Ziphiidae
Which family might not have teeth that erupt & are seldom seen because they are offshore and deep divers?
Family Ziphiidae
Which family includes the Asian and Indian river dolphins?
Family Platanistidae
Which family includes the Amazon river dolphin?
Family Innidae
Which family includes the extinct Yangtze river dolphin?
Family Lioptidae
Which family includes the Franciscana dolphin?
Family Pontoporiidae
Which family includes the beluga & narwhal?
Family Monodontidae
Which family includes the dolphins, pilot whale & killer whale?
Family Delphinidae
Which family has conical teeth, elongated rostrum, falcate (curved, sickle, hooked) dorsal fins?
Family Delphinidae
Which family includes the porpoises?
Family Phocoenidae
Which family usually has spade shaped teeth, short rostrum, small triangular dorsal fin, and is generally small in size?
Family Phocoenidae
Which family includes the right whales?
Family Balaenidae
Which family has arch-shaped mouths and long baleen plates?
Family Balaenidae
Which family includes the pygmy right whale?
Family Neobalaenidae
Which family includes the gray whale?
Family Eschrichtiidae
Which family has blunt, rounded heads?
Family Eschrichtiidae
Which family includes the rorquals: Minke, sei, Bryde’s, blue, fin, and humpback?
Family Balaenopteridae
Which family has ventral pleats?
Family Balaenopteridae
Which family contains the manatees?
Family Trichechidae
Which family has rounded flukes, flat teeth, and live in the Atlantic or adjacent rivers?
Family Trichechidae
Which family contains the dugongs?
Family Dugongidae
Which family has split flukes, peg-like teeth, and lives in the Pacific & Indian Oceans?
Family Dugongidae
Which family includes the sea otters?
Family Mustelidae
Which family contains the sea lions and fur seals?
Family Otariidae
Which family contains the true seals?
Family Phocidae
Which family contains the walruses?
Family Odobenidae
