Marine Biology Research Project Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Balaenopteridae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae Common Name: Humpback whale Genus Species: Megaptera Novaeangliae General Description: A. Body Symmetry: Bilateral B. Special Pigments or Coloration: Dark grey with lighter underbelly; flippers and flukes are grey and spotted with white C. Habitat: (Zone) Benthic and coastal (Geographic):
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life they all have hair‚ and they all have mammary glands. As I will state below they have different habitats and reproduce differently. They also feed differently from each other(Wund & Myers‚ 2005). The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) of the Cetacea order is fully aquatic and is considered the largest mammal (mammalia) to ever exist now or in the past. They can weigh as much as 160 metric tons. They have changed to adapt over the centuries to have the best advantages possible for their environment
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Animal Classification 1 Animal Classification Karen Fowler SCI/230 Karen Andarko November 19‚2011 Animal Classification 2 Metazoa is another name for Kingdom Animalia. This kingdom does not contain prokaryotes or the potists and all members are multi-cellular and are heterotrophs. They mostly ingest their food and digest it into an internal cavity
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Ocean‚ the Southern Ocean. The diagram below shows the depth of an ocean from the high water salt level to the low water level and to the Hadalpelagic level. Different Life forms are native to the oceans; they include Radiata‚ Fish‚ and Cetacea such as whales‚ dolphins and porpoises. Cephalopods such as the octopus‚ Crustaceans such as lobsters and shrimp‚ Marine worms‚ Plankton‚ Krill and Echinoderms also form part of the fauna in the oceans‚ which are also found in many parts
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Eocene – Recent North Atlantic right whales‚ mother and calf Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Whale (origin Old English hwæl from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz) is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea.[1] The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans‚ but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises‚ which belong to the suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales). This suborder includes
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The narrative of “The Hvalsalen” begins with an act of turning around and revisiting. This essay from the collection Sightlines details a trip Jamie takes to Bergen‚ Norway‚ and her visit to the Hvalsalen‚ or whale hall. The Hvalsalen houses a large collection of whale skeletons acquired throughout the 19th century during a boom in commercial whaling. The essay begins with Jamie’s initial visit to the Hvalsalen‚ where she peruses the whale skeletons by herself‚ noting that “In the way of old-fashioned
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Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Family: Delphinidae Genus: Tursiops Species: Tursiops truncatus or Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Jenkins) The Common Bottlenose Dolphin is arguably the most popular species of the Delphinidae family. Because they are found in both temperate and tropical waters‚ they are the most studied; a majority of our Physiology knowledge about Delphinids as a family is based on Bottlenose Dolphins (Cozzi 411). Because
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Activism - Green Videos - Blogs & News. 07 Nov. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin Drive Hunting." Wikipedia‚ the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "DOLPHINS." Earthtrust - Wildlife Conservation Worldwide. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin - Order: Cetacea - Facts - Defenders of Wildlife." Defenders of Wildlife - Protection of Endangered Species‚ Imperiled Species‚ Habitats. Web. 22 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin." Wikipedia‚ the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . "Dolphin drive hunting." Wikipedia‚ the
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[pic]The largest creature ever known to have existed on Earth is the present-day blue whale. The largest dinosaur attained a length of about 22 m and weighed about 36 tons. Today’s blue whale is even larger than its ancestors‚ and may reach a total length of 33 m and a weight of 145 tons. This giant animal is placid and shy. On the ocean surface‚ its normal cruising speed is about 12 knots‚ but it is capable of attaining 20 knots in short bursts. The maximum reported depth reached by the species
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Transitions of Reptiles to Mammals A long long time ago‚ in a galaxy not too far away‚ was a little blue planet called Earth‚ and on this world not a single mammal lived. However a lot of time has past since then and we now have lots of furry creatures that are collectively called mammals. How did they get their? Where did they come from? These are the kinds of questions that led me to my subject of choice. I will endeavor to provide examples‚ using specific transitional fossils‚ to show that
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