Otariids in a sentence

All fully furred species molt ; phocids molt once a year, while otariids gradually molt all year.

As with otariids, it can turn its rear flippers forward and move on all fours; however, its swimming technique is more like that of true seals, relying less on flippers and more on sinuous whole body movements.

Compared to terrestrial carnivorans, the fore-limbs of otariids are reduced in length, which gives the locomotor muscles at the shoulder and elbow joints greater mechanical advantage; the hind-flippers serve as stabilizers.

Dominant male elephant seals advertise their status and threaten rivals with "clap-threats" and loud drum-like calls that may be modified by the proboscis. citation Male otariids have strong barks, growls, roars and "whickers".

However, the common seal displays a reproductive strategy similar to that used by otariids, in which the mother makes short foraging trips between nursing bouts.

Life history Swimming While otariids are known for speed and maneuverability, phocids are known for efficient, economical movement.

Most of the other otariids diversified in the Southern Hemisphere.

Otariids, also known as eared seals, differ from true seals in having external ear flaps, and proportionately larger foreflippers and pectoral muscles.

Otariids and walruses are capable of turning their hind-flippers forward and under the body so they can "walk" on all fours.

Otariids are adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle, feeding and migrating in the water, but breeding and resting on land or ice.

Otariids are more vocal on land, while phocids are more vocal in water.

Otariids arose in the Miocene (15-17 million years ago) in the North Pacific, diversifying rapidly into the Southern Hemisphere, where most species now live.

Otariids have proportionately much larger foreflippers and pectoral muscles than phocids, and have the ability to turn their hind limbs forward and walk on all fours, making them far more maneuverable on land.

Otariids have visible external ears, while phocids and walruses lack these.

Otariids, or eared sea lions, raise their young, mate, and rest in more earthly land or ice habitats.

Otariids use their front limbs primarily to propel themselves through the water, while phocids and walruses use their hind limbs.

Phocids swim by sideways movements of their bodies, using their hind flippers to fullest effect. citation Communication Unlike otariids, true seals do not communicate by 'barking'.

Phocids tend to migrate more than otariids.

Physical appearance Fur seals share with other otariids the ability to turn their rear limbs forward and move on all fours.

Studies of South American sea lions and other otariids document maximum population on land during early afternoon, potentially due to haul-out during high air temperatures.