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•marine mammals include cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters, sirenians (manatees and dugongs) and polar bears. •all whales, dolphins, and porpoises are cetaceans. • baleen -- stiff plates in the upper jaw of some whales, used to filter out tiny animals from the water for food.
•seals, sea lions, and walruses are pinnipeds. •mustelids are a group of mammals that includes weasels, ferrets, and otters. •sea otters are keystone species; these are organisms whose existence is critical to the balance of their ecosystem....
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