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The 25 pages that link to Evolution of cetaceans, each with the reason it gives.

• Filter feedingRelated: Baleen-based filter feeding enabled some whales to exploit abundant small prey in the ocean.

• CetaceaRelated: Evolutionary history accounts for cetaceans’ shared aquatic adaptations and terrestrial ancestry.

• ArtiodactylaRelated: Cetacean evolution is the most striking transformation within the artiodactyl lineage.

• CenozoicRelated: It is a striking Cenozoic example of mammals adapting to a new environment.

• Toothed whaleRelated: Toothed whales inherited their aquatic body plan through this transition.

• WhaleRelated: Whale anatomy makes sense in light of the group's transition from land to sea.

• PorpoiseRelated: Porpoise bodies retain the result of cetaceans’ transition to aquatic life.

• VaquitaRelated: The vaquita shares the cetacean lineage’s transition from land-dwelling ancestors to aquatic life.

• CetaceanRelated: It explains how terrestrial anatomy was transformed for life in water.

• DelphinidaeRelated: It explains the aquatic ancestry shared by every delphinid.

• DorudonRelated: Dorudon illustrates a stage when whales were fully aquatic but retained vestigial hind limbs.