INDEX 



earless seal, see Phocidae 



Elasmosaurus, 261 



elephant seal, see Mirounga 



Enhydrinae, 13, 31, 192, 285 



Eosiren, 111 



Equidae, 90 



Erinaceus, 126 



esophagus, 82 



Eubalaena, 126, 134, 256 



Eumetopias, 314 



Eurhinodelphis, 85, 113, 148, 226 



external features, 48 



eye, 61 



femur, 292, 301 



fibula, 296 



finback whale, see Balaenoptera 



flipper, 207 



flukes, 198 



foot, 296 



fur seal, see Callorhinus 



Galemys, 24, 28, 185, 276 



Geosaurus, 261 



Globiocephala, 56, 113, 178, 254 



gonads, 315 



Grampus, 148, 177 



gray whale, see Rhachianectes 



gular folds, 81 



hair, 52 



hair seal, see Otariidae 



Halicore, 25, 40, 173, 196 



Halitherium, 300 



head, 55, 149 



heart, 322 



Hippopotamus, 12, 24, 38, 53, 153, 185, 



280 



humerus, 218 



humpback whale, see Megaptera 

 Hydrictis, 30 



Hydrochoerus, 24, 35, 325 

 Hydrodamalis, 25, 40, 196 

 Hydromys, 24, 36, 185, 279 

 Hydrurga, 242 

 hyena, 206 



Hyperoodon, 105, 172, 319 

 hyperphalangy, 259 



Ichthyomys, 24, 37, 185, 277 

 Ichthyosauria, 12, 21, 192, 307 

 ilium, 290, 300 

 Inia, 178, 254 

 innominate, 290, 300 

 Insectivora, 12, 27 

 insectivore otter, see Potomogale 

 intestinal tract, 314 

 ischium, 292, 300 



kidney, 315 



killer whale, 68, 155 



Kogia, 100, 151 



lachrymal duct, 64 

 Lagenorhynchus, 178, 204, 307 

 Lagomorpha, 38 

 larynx, 91 

 leg, 268 

 Leporidae, 38 

 Leptonychotes, 18 

 limb, pectoral, 206 



pelvic, 268 



Limnogale, 13, 24, 28, 185 

 lips, 78 



lumbar vertebrae, 161, 168, 180 

 lungs, 91, 316 

 Lutra, 30 



Lutrinae, 30, 192, 246, 299 

 Lutrogale, 30 



Macropus, 129 



mammae, 324 



manati, see Trichechus 



manubrium, 161, 168, 173 



manus, 239 



marine turtle, 212, 262 



Marsupialia, 13, 24, 26 



mechanics of swimming, 9 



Megaptera, 51, 79, 134, 149, 172, 215, 



254, 303 



Mesoplodon, 148, 178 

 mesosaur, 21 

 metabolism, 320 

 metacarpus, 247 

 metatarsus, 298 

 Microaonyx, 30 

 Microtus, 24, 36 



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