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What is pinniped?

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16y ago
Updated: 6/27/2024

Pinnipeds are seals,sea lions,and walruses.

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What is a pinniped that propels itself with its front flippers and is very agile on land called?

Sea lion


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Which animal would be most closely relate to the walrus?

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What is the only pinniped with tusks?

Walrus


What is a Pinniped and name the characteristics of this order and some of the animals included in this order?

A Pinniped is a mammal that eats lots of meat and lie on rocky beaches. Seals, walruses, and sea lions are all Pinnipeds.


What mammal type is a seal?

The seal is a pinniped and the group includes seals, sea lions, and walruses. The term pinnipedmeans "fin or flipper-footed" as all have modified legs and feet to better suit their aquatic habitat.


Why would a pinniped be able travel farther in water then on land?

it can breath better in the ocean


What is a pinniped that propels itself with its front flippers and is very agile on land called?

Sea lion


Why would you find newborn pinniped rather than on land?

The reason you would see a newborn pinniped on land is because they live on land as well as in the sea. Pinnipeds are fin-footed mammals that are often called seals.


How does the pinniped protect itself?

The Pinniped order of animals include the various species of seals, sea lions and walruses. Their main form of protection is the large layer of blubber under their skin, protecting them from the cold and streamlining their shape so they can chase prey and escape predators effectively.


What is the biggest pinniped?

The Southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped species, with males reaching lengths of up to 20 feet (6 meters) and weighing over 8,800 pounds (4,000 kg). They can be found in the Southern Hemisphere, primarily around Antarctica.


What is a pinniped?

carnivorous aquatic mammals that include the seals, walruses, and similar animals having finlike flippers as organs of locomotion.


Do pinniped breathe through blowholes?

Pinnipeds are seals, and breathe through their nose and mouth like most land mammals.


Are walruses related to whales?

Both are mammals. That's it, they are not related. The walrus is a pinniped, related to seals, whales are Cetaceans, related to porpoises and dolphins.


What is a seal's kingdom called?

pinniped. wiki has it. national geographic did quite an extensive article on them a few years ago. research. fact; they are birds.