- The
toothed whales (also
called odontocetes,
systematic name Odontoceti) are a
parvorder of
cetaceans that
includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other...
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related to
Delphinoidea than to the
South Asian river dolphin. The
extinct odontocete families Allodelphinidae and
Squalodelphinidae are
closely related to...
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particular characteristics of the
melon probably have more to do with
odontocete phylogeny, the
taxonomic relationships over
evolutionary time. In some...
- whale).
Odontocetes produce rapid bursts of high-frequency
clicks that are
thought to be
primarily for echolocation.
Specialized organs in an
odontocete produce...
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Cetotheriidae (the
pygmy right whale), and
Eschrichtiidae (the grey whale).
Odontocetes include the
Monodontidae (belugas and narwhals),
Physeteridae (the sperm...
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considered these teeth almost certainly to be
misidentified toothed whale (
odontocete) teeth. The
elephant seals evolved in the
Pacific Ocean during the Pliocene...
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hunting while perched.
Echolocating animals include mammals,
especially odontocetes (toothed whales) and some bat species, and,
using simpler forms, species...
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Porpoises feed
largely on fish and squid, much like the rest of the
odontocetes.
Little is
known about reproductive behaviour.
Females may have one calf...
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Haborodelphis is an
extinct genus of beluga-like
odontocete cetacean known from the
Early Pliocene from the north-west Pacific. It was
first named by Hiroto...
- can
range from 32 to 100 kHz. This is
similar to the
range of
other odontocetes such as the
bottlenose dolphin but is
slightly higher than
false killer...
