Encyclopedia of Mammals, Volume 15Detailed articles cover the history, anatomy, feeding habits, social structure, reproduction, territory, and current status of ninety-five mammals around the world. |
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adult Arctic Art Agency Atlantic Baja California baleen plates baleen whales bank vole black-footed ferret blubber bones bowhead whales breeding burrows calf calves carnivores cats cetaceans coast collared lemmings cubs dives dolphins dorsal fin Earth Pictures ENDANGERED extinction False killer whales feeding female fish flippers flukes forests François Gohier/Ardea GESTATION gray whale groups habitat humpback hunt hunters illustrations jaws kill least weasel litter live males mammals mating melon-headed whale migration million years ago mole-voles months mother nest North America northern Norway lemming numbers oceans Pacific pilot whales pods population porpoises predators protection pygmy killer pygmy right whale range rarely rodents rorquals season SEXUAL MATURITY Siberian tiger skull smaller snow southern right whales species stoat subspecies summer surface survival swim tail teeth territories toothed whales tundra usually voles and lemmings water vole weasels and polecats whale-watching wild winter young