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| navigate by keyword : ago carnivores cetacea cetacean closely continental delphinidae dolphin dolphins eating evolved family fish forty found genera killer largest long mammals maui million miocene mostly orca order porpoises recently related relatively seas shallower shelves short size species squid ten there tonnes tons vary whale whales worldwide years |
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| Dolphins are cetacean mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from 1.2 m (4 ft) and 40 kg (90 lb) (Maui's dolphin), up to 9.5 m (30 ft) and 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons; 11 short tons) (the orca or killer whale). They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves and are carnivores, eating mostly fish and squid. The family Delphinidae, the largest in the order Cetacea, evolved relatively recently, about ten million years ago during the Miocene. |
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