are sea cows and dugongs the same?
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Dugongs are part of the Sirenia order of placental mammals which comprises modern "sea cows" (manatees as well as dugongs) and their extinct relatives. Sirenia are the only extant herbivorous marine mammals and the only group of herbivorous mammals to have become completely aquatic.
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Marine mammals are aquatic mammals that rely on the ocean and other marine ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as seals, whales, manatees, sea otters and polar bears. They are an informal group, unified only by their reliance on marine environments for feeding.
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Manatees belong to the family, Trichechidae, of the Mammalian Order Sirenia. ... Despite the manatee's aquatic appearance, it is not closely related to whales, dolphins, seals, or sea lions. In fact, their closest relatives are elephants and hyraxes. Like elephants and hyraxes, they are herbivorous.
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A whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a fish and 'breathes' via its gills. ... However, they have cartilage instead of bone – a true shark. The whale shark is the largest living shark. With a broad, flattened head and minute teeth, it is one of the three filter-feeding species of shark.
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The vegetarian sirenian, the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), occurs mainly in Florida. All others are cetaceans, members of the whale and dolphin clades. There are no porpoises, sea lions, fur seals, or true seals in the Gulf.
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Sea lions might share part of their name with a big cat, but they're actually more closely related to dogs! ... Sea lions, along with seals and walruses, are caniforms. Like dogs, wolves, and bears, they tend to have long snouts and claws that don't retract. Sea lions do have some things in common with lions, though.
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Based on this survey it was found that there were total eight species of whale and one species of dugong had been recorded from this survey in Andaman waters. Among the sighted species, the sperm whale is the most abundant species were observed.
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Sea lions, seals and walruses are marine mammals belonging to an order, or group, called pinnipeds, which means fin-footed or wing-footed. Sea lions are vertebrates with both backbones and ribs.
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Summary: Hippos spend lots of time in the water and now it turns out (or researchers argue), they are the closest living relative to whales. ... Thewissen says that whales are more closely linked to an extinct pig-like animal, often known as India's pig or Indohyus, while hippos are closely related to living pigs.
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Seals and sea lions are marine mammals called 'pinnipeds' that differ in physical characteristics and adaptations. Sea lions (left) are brown, bark loudly, "walk" on land using their large flippers and have visible ear flaps. Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land, and lack visible ear flaps.
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YOU could call it a batty idea, but bats seem to be more closely related to horses than cows are. Once thought to belong to the same group as primates, bats actually belong to the super-order Pegasoferae, which contains horses, cats and dogs, cows, whales and hedgehogs.
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Orcas (also known as killer whales) are marine mammals. They belong to the sub-order of toothed whales (known as odontocetes) but are also the largest member of the dolphin family. Orcas are incredibly popular as they are the most widely distributed of all whales and dolphins, found in every single ocean.
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Although whales are aquatic creatures, spending all their time in the sea, they are indeed mammals, just like us.
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Sea lions (left) are brown, bark loudly, "walk" on land using their large flippers and have visible ear flaps. Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land, and lack visible ear flaps. ... Secondly, sea lions have small flaps for outer ears.
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Orcas are the largest known marine mammal. They can weigh as much as 10 tons or 22,000 pounds. Although they are said to mostly exist in coastal cool waters, they have also been spotted in the warm waters of the Caribbean.
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The manatee is a large marine mammal with an egg-shaped head, flippers and a flat tail. Manatees are also known as sea cows. This name is apt, due to their large stature; slow, lolling nature; and propensity to be eaten by other animals. However, despite the name, they are more closely related to elephants.
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Despite the many similarities between killer whales, walruses, and manatees, they are -- as surprising as it may sound -- more closely related to wolves, cows, and elephants than to each other. They have adapted to the sea in many of the same ways, but they do not share the same immediate ancestors.