WHALES MARY PAT HIGLEY

KINGDOMANIMALIA

PHYLUMCHORDATA

CLASSMAMMALIA

ORDERCETACEA

FAMILY MONODONTIDAE

GENUS SPECIESDELPHINAPTERUS LUCAS

PHYLUMCHORDATA

NOTOCHORDNOTOCHORD

HOLLOW NERVE CORD

PHARYNGEAL POUCHES

CLASSMAMMALIA

POSSESS HAIR OR FUR

4 CHAMBERED HEART

NEOCORTEX REGION

MAMMARY GLANDS(NOURISH)

AIR BREATHING

ORDERCETACEA

THICK LAYER OF BLUBBER

HINDLIMBS VESTIGIAL

FUSIFORM

HORIZONTAL FLUKES

SYMMETRY:BILATERAL

BREATHING

CIRCULATORY

DIGESTIVE AND EXCRETORY SYSTEMS

NERVOUS SYSTEM

ADAPTATIONS

BLUBBER

ECHO LOCATION(FOOD)

HIGHLY MANEUVERABLE

BITTER-TASTING FLESH

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HABITAT

Antarctic Waters

Estuaries

REPRODUCTION

PROTECTION

SKELETON

SOUNDS

LIFE CYCLE

EMBRYO (GESTATION 14MONTHS)

CALF(2 YEARS)

ADULT(3-50 YEARS)

ENDOTHERMIC

MOVEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Pollution

INTERESTING FACTS

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