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Mysticeti [‚mis·tə′sē‚tī] (vertebrate zoology) The whalebone whales, a suborder of the mammalian order Cetacea, distinguished by horny filter plates of suspended from the upper jaws. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Among marine mammals, odontocetes (toothed whales), including beluga, may be at the greatest risk of contaminant effects because these animals are top predators that accumulate contaminants to a higher degree than do mysticetes (baleen whales) (O'Shea and Brownell 1994). Paleontologists have long thought that Mysticetes and Odontocetes represent separate evolutionary lines that split from a group of ancestral toothed whales some 40 million years ago. 1%) were reported in 2,000 mysticetes (baleen whales) hunted in South Africa (19). |
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