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I Cetacei - Meeressäugetiere - Sea mammals

The diagrams were arranged by Umberto Mazzantini

Mysticeti

No teeth. Instead they have keratin baleen plates, suspended from the roof of the mouth.
Two nasal openings (or blowholes). The skull is symmetrical. The melon is present only in the fetal stage and absent or poorly developed in adults. They have no echolocation capabilities.

 

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