| Merswine | |
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| Kingdom | Deer (Animalia) |
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Shed |
Wirebacks (Chordata) |
| Ilk | Suckledeer (Mammalia) |
| Shift | Evenhooves (Artiodactyla) |
| Undershift | Whalbenttooth (Whippomorpha) |
| Nethershift | Whalefish (Cetacea) |
| Kin | Merswines (Phocoenidae) |
The merswines, sometimes spelled mereswines, are watersome suckledeer that are near kin of seatumblers. Merswines have shorter beaks and flattened spade-shaped teeth that are sundry from the taper-shaped teeth of tumblers.