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Bearded Seal
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Bearded Seal

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Phocidae
Genus: Erignathus
Species: barbatus
Binomial name
Erignathus barbatus
Erxleben, 1777

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) is a medium-sized seal that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. These seals range in colour from grey to yellow. Distinguishing features include square foreflippers and thick bristles on their muzzles.


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Parasite-related lesions in a bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus -- Bishop 15 (2): 285 -- Journal of Wildlife Diseases (134 words)
Parasite-related lesions in a bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus -- Bishop 15 (2): 285 -- Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Parasite-related lesions in a bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus
A free-ranging adult male bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) killed by polar bears was salvaged and examined at necropsy.
Bearded Seal (1167 words)
Erignathus barbatus, was resident in the Ouse, Finstown, Orkney for 2-3 weeks from the beginning of April.
It came as a great surprise to me when I was informed by a dog walker on the Ouse that she had come across an unusual seal asleep on the shoreline.
A vagrant Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus, has made a sustained visit to Hartlepool in north-east England.
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