Assertion: toothed whale | /r/HasProperty | odontoceti
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text: The two parvorders of whales, baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), are thought to have split apart around 34 million years ago.
text: One tidbit of information is that narwhals, like other toothed whales (odontocetes), communicate through the water by clicking or whistling.
text: Whales split into two separate parvorders around 34 mya – the baleen whales (Mysticetes) and the toothed whales (Odontocetes).
text: Whales are split into two main groups: baleen whales (the Mysticeti), and toothed whales (the Odontoceti).
text: There are two main types of Whale: baleen whales (Mysticeti), and toothed whales (Odontoceti).
text: While the toothed whale (Odontoceti) only has one blowhole the baleen whale (Mysticeti) has two.
text: The other group is the toothed whales (Odontoceti).
text: The two parvorders, baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti), are thought to have diverged around thirty-four million years ago.
text: The two parvorders are baleen whales (Mysticeti) which owe their name to their baleen, and toothed whales (Odontoceti), which have teeth shaped like cones, spades, pegs or tusks, and can perceive their environment through biosonar.
text: There are two main types of whale: toothed whales (Odontoceti) and baleen whales (Mysticeti).
text: All frequently involved species are toothed whales (Odontoceti), rather than baleen whales (Mysticeti).
text: The adaptation of echolocation occurred when toothed whales (Odontoceti) split apart from baleen whales, and distinguishes modern toothed whales from fully aquatic archaeocetes.
text: Mitochondrial DNA studies have shown modern cetaceans last shared a common ancestor between 25 and 34 million years ago The superfamily Delphinoidea (which contains monodontids, dolphins and porpoises) split from other toothed whales, odontoceti, between 11 and 15 million years ago.