The first whale. Don't say it's a dog.
Pakicetus is an early cetacean and the first "whale".
Taxonomy[]
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Cetartiodactyla
Order: Cetacea
Family: Pakicetidea
Genus: Pakicetus
==Characteristics==
up to medium dog size [T98]; nares at tip of snout [T+01] or over incisors [T98]; lacrimal foramen present [T+01]; $orbits closely spaced and "frontated," i.e. face dorsally, but are not at most dorsal point of skull [T+01] [T98]; hypoglossal foramen separate from jugular foramen [T98]; external auditory meatus opens low on skull as in land animals.