Pinnipedia
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Phocidae The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ...
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Binomial name bobbi Linnaeus,, 1758 Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) are true seals of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
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Orders Subclass Monotremata Monotremata Subclass Marsupialia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Subclass Placentalia Xenarthra Dermoptera Desmostylia Scandentia Primates Rodentia Lagomorpha Insectivora Chiroptera Pholidota Carnivora Perissodactyla Artiodactyla Cetacea Afrosoricida Macroscelidea Tubulidentata Hyracoidea Proboscidea Sirenia The mammals are the class of vertebrate animals primarily characterized by the presence of mammary...
Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or ; from Latin carÅ (stem carn-) flesh, + vorÄre to devour) includes over 260 species of placental mammals. ...
Families Canidae Felidae Herpestidae Hyaenidae Mephitidae Mustelidae Nandiniidae Odobenidae Pinnipedia Procyonidae Ursidae Viverridae The diverse order Carnivora includes over 260 placental mammals. ...
subfamilies Otariidae Phocidae Odobenidae Pinnipeds are large marine mammals belonging to the Pinnipedia, a family (sometimes a suborder or superfamily, depending on the classification scheme) of the order Carnivora. ...
Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Genera Monachus (Monk Seals) Mirounga (Elephant Seal) Lobodon (Crabeater Seals) Leptonychotes Hydrurga (Leopard Seals) Ommatophoca Erignathus (Bearded Seals) Phoca Halichoerus (Gray Seals) Cystophora (Hooded Seals) The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia. ...
| Pinnipeds ("fin-feet", lit. "winged feet") are marine mammals belonging to the former biological suborder Pinnipedia (sometimes now a superfamily) of the order Carnivora. The pinnipeds now fall within the suborder Caniformia and comprise the families Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (sea lions, eared seals, and fur seals), and Phocidae (true seals). Recent molecular analysis reveals that the closest living relatives of the pinnipeds are the bears, which was already suspected for some time.[1] An alternative hypothesis held that pinnipeds are polyphyletic, with the true seals derived from otterlike creatures and the walruses and eared seals from bearlike creatures, but the aforementioned molecular study established that the pinnipeds are indeed monophyletic (derived from a common ancestor). Subclasses & Infraclasses Subclass †Allotheria* Subclass Prototheria Subclass Theria Infraclass †Trituberculata Infraclass Metatheria Infraclass Eutheria Mammals (class Mammalia) are warm-blooded, vertebrate animals characterized by the production of milk in female mammary glands and by the presence of: hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in...
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In scientific classification used in biology, the order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). ...
Families 17, See classification The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: or ; from Latin carÅ (stem carn-) flesh, + vorÄre to devour) includes over 260 species of placental mammals. ...
Families Canidae Felidae Herpestidae Hyaenidae Mephitidae Mustelidae Nandiniidae Odobenidae Pinnipedia Procyonidae Ursidae Viverridae The diverse order Carnivora includes over 260 placental mammals. ...
Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Walrus Subspecies Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Genera Eumetopias Zalophus Otaria Neophoca Phocarctos Hundreds of California Sea Lions sunbathing on Pier 39 in San Francisco. ...
Genera Arctocephalus Callorhinus Eumetopias Neophoca Otaria Phocarctos Zalophus The eared seals (or walking seals), family Otariidae, are the fur seals and the sea lions. ...
Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals, or Arctocephalinae make up one of the two distinct groups of marine mammals called seals. Fur seals are usually smaller than sea lions and have a coat of dense fur intermixed with guard hairs. ...
Genera Monachus (Monk Seals) Mirounga (Elephant Seal) Lobodon (Crabeater Seals) Leptonychotes Hydrurga (Leopard Seals) Ommatophoca Erignathus (Bearded Seals) Phoca Halichoerus (Gray Seals) Cystophora (Hooded Seals) The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia. ...
Genera Monachus (Monk Seals) Mirounga (Elephant Seal) Lobodon (Crabeater Seals) Leptonychotes Hydrurga (Leopard Seals) Ommatophoca Erignathus (Bearded Seals) Phoca Halichoerus (Gray Seals) Cystophora (Hooded Seals) The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia. ...
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In biology, a taxon is polyphyletic if it is descended from more than one root form (in Greek poly = many and phyletic = racial). ...
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Pinnipeds apparently evolved from a bearlike ancestor about 23 million years ago, at the transition between the warmer Paleogene period and the cooler Neogene period. First true seals and then walruses branched off, forming new families. Paleogene (alternatively Palaeogene) period is a unit of geologic time that began 65 and ended 23 million years ago. ...
Neogene Period is a unit of geologic time consisting of the Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene epochs. ...
Morphology
 Comparative anatomy of an otariid seal and a phocid seal. Pinnipeds are typically sleek-bodied and rather large. Their bodies are well adapted to their aquatic habitat, in which they spend most of their lives. In place of hands, their forelimbs are large flippers (hence the name "featherfoot"), and their bodies narrow out into a tail. The smallest pinniped, the Galapagos fur seal, weighs about 30 kg (66 lb) when full-grown and is 1.2 m (4 ft) long; the largest, the male southern elephant seal, is over 4 m (13 ft) long and weighs up to 2,200 kg (4,850 lb, more than 2 tons). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2067 × 2067 pixel, file size: 183 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Pinniped ...
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Binomial name Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 The Galapagos Fur Seal is the smallest of all the pinnipeds. ...
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Binomial name Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 The Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the Northern Elephant Seal). ...
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Eared seals also called "walking seals" are made of sea lions and fur seals and communicate by "barking." They have large foreflippers compared to earless seals and use them as their main source of maneuverablity in the water. They are also more agile on land than earless seals. As their name suggests, eared seals have external ears. As a group, sea lions are larger than fur seals. Fur seals have more underfur. Some researchers contend that dividing fur seals and sea lions the subfamilies Arctocephalinae and Otariinae are unjustified, noting that Northern fur seals and Cape fur seals are more related to sea lions than other fur seals. Genera Eumetopias Zalophus Otaria Neophoca Phocarctos Hundreds of California Sea Lions sunbathing on Pier 39 in San Francisco. ...
Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals, or Arctocephalinae make up one of the two distinct groups of marine mammals called seals. Fur seals are usually smaller than sea lions and have a coat of dense fur intermixed with guard hairs. ...
Binomial name Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758 Range map The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal. ...
Binomial name (Schreber, 1775) Distribution of the Cape Fur Seal, dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: non-breeding individuals The Cape Fur Seal (also known as the South African Fur Seal and the Australian Fur Seal) is a species of fur seal. ...
The Walrus is the sole member of its family. They are easily recognized by their long tusks and large bodies. They are more closely related to eared seals than to earless seals.
Earless seals, also called “true seals,” lack external ears. They have more developed hind limbs and swim by powerful sideways movements of these, yet are more cumbersome on land than the eared seals. Earless seals are better built for diving. They are more streamlined than eared seals, and can therefore swim more effectively over long distances. However, because they cannot turn their hind flippers downward, they are very clumsy on land, having to wriggle with their front flippers and abdominal muscles; this method of locomotion is called galumphing. True seals do not communicate by "barking" like eared seals. They communicate by slapping the water and grunting. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Adaptations
Flippers Pinnipeds have shorter limbs than most other mammals. As noted above, their limbs have evolved into flippers with true seals having more developed hind flippers and eared seals having more developed fore flippers. The walrus is intermediate between the two. A pinniped’s fingers and toes are bound together by a web of skin . They also have claws are can either be in the on the front flippers (earless seals) or back flippers (eared seals). Pinnipeds can move weightlessly in the water and thus their flippers can be smaller in relation to their size than the wings of a bird or bat.
Oxygen conservation
 Pinnipeds can hold their breath underwater for hours Pinnipeds can conserve oxygen for long period of time underwater. When the animal starts diving its heart rate slows to about one-tenth of the norm. The arteries squeeze shut and the sense organs and nervous system are the only organs to continue to receive a normal flow of blood. Pinnipeds are able to resist more pain and fatigue caused by lactic acid accumulation than other mammals. However once they return to the water surface, they need time to recover and bring their body chemistry back to normal. [2] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Warmth To keep warm in cold waters, pinnipeds have a layer of blubber under their skin (which also provides buoyancy). The thickness depends on the species. Their blubber can also provide food for the animal. Newborn pinnipeds have no blubber. Some pinnipeds can also can get warm from their fur. The white coat of the infant harp seal, may trap the energy of sunlight as heat near the skin. As noted above, fur seal have underfur. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 540 pixel Image in higher resolution (1800 × 1215 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Northern elephant seals hauled out on the beach at Año Nuevo State Park Año Nuevo State Park is a California state park located in San Mateo County. ...
Binomial name Erxleben, 1777 // Harp seals resemble harbor seals in body and head form, but are larger: adult Harp Seals grow to 1. ...
Moulting Like other mammals, pinnipeds have to shed their fur once in a while. Eared seals shed more slowly than earless seals. Most earless seals spend time in the water while moulting.
Other adaptations A pinniped’s eyes are well adapted for seeing both above and below the water. When diving the animal has a clear membrane that covers and protects its eyes. In addition, its nostrils close automatically. Testicles and mammary glands are located in slits under the skin to keep the pinniped’s streamlined shape. They also have whiskers to help navigate and sensors in their skull to absorb sounds underwater and trasmit them to the cochlea. There are several kinds of whisker: Look up whisker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Evolution Pinnipeds appear to have diverged from their bear-like ancestors during the Latest Oligocene. The earliest fossil pinniped that has been found is Enaliarctos, which lived 24 – 22 million years ago, at the boundary between the Oligocene and Miocene periods. It is believed to have been a good swimmer, but to have been able to move on land as well as in water, more like an otter than like modern pinnipeds. DNA evidence suggests that all modern pinnipeds descend from a common ancestor that lived sometime in the earliest Miocene, possibly an Enaliarctos-like mammal. [3] The Chattian (also known as Chickasawhayan) is the second and final of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch. ...
The Oligocene epoch is a geologic period of time that extends from about 34 million to 23 million years before the present. ...
Species (type) Enaliarctos is an extinct genus of pinniped. ...
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Feeding All pinnipeds are carnivorous, eating fish, shellfish, squid, and other marine creatures. Most are generalist feeders, but some are specialists. For example; Ross Seals and Southern elephant seals mainly feed on squid. Crabeater seals eat mostly krill and Ringed seals feed almost exclusively on crustaceans. Image File history File links CrabeaterSealSkullSchematic. ...
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Binomial name Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842 Distribution of Crabeater Seal The Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus, is one of the most remarkable, though least known, of the mammals of the world. ...
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Cooked mussels Shellfish is a term used to describe shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ...
Suborders †Plesioteuthididae (incertae sedis) Myopsina Oegopsina Squid are a large, diverse group of marine cephalopods. ...
Binomial name Ommatophoca rossii (Gray, 1844) The Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a carnivorous seal of the family Phocidae and only species of the genus Ommatophoca. ...
Binomial name Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842 Distribution of Crabeater Seal The Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus, is one of the most remarkable, though least known, of the mammals of the world. ...
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Some seals will even eat warm-blooded prey including other seals. The leopard seal, which is probably the most carnivorous and predatory of all the pinnipeds, will eat penguins and well as Crabeater and Ross Seals. The South American sea lion also eats penguin as well as flying seabirds and young South American fur seals. Steller sea lions have been recorded eating Northern fur seal pups and birds. Binomial name (Blainville, 1820) Hydrurga leptonyx range map. ...
Modern genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus For prehistoric genera, see Systematics Some penguins are curious. ...
Otaria redirects here. ...
Binomial name Arcetocephalus australis Zimmermann, 1783 The South American Fur Seal (Arcetocephalus australis) is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. ...
Binomial name Eumetopias jubatus Schreber, 1776 The Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus also known as the Northern Sea Lion and Stellers sea lion, is a sea lion of the northern Pacific. ...
Binomial name Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758 Range map The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal. ...
Reproduction The pinnipeds come ashore to breed (haul-out), and this often necessitates travelling long distances from their feeding grounds to suitable mating grounds (either on land or ice), with a high level of reproductive synchrony. The most synchronous species are the two (sea lions) defend a territory, whereas phocids defend clusters of females. These strategies reflect the different levels of mobility on land between otarids and phocids. The former have opposable hind flippers that can be placed flat on the ground to aid locomotion. True seals, on the other hand, cannot do this and drag themselves along using only their front flippers. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 693 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2091 × 1809 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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Females have a postpartum oestrus allowing them to mate soon after giving birth. Subsequent implantation of the embryo is delayed (embryonic diapause) thus removing the need to come ashore (haul-out) twice, once to give birth and again later to mate. After giving birth mothers suckle their young for a variable length of time. Amongst the phocids, lactation varies from 4 to 50 days, whereas the otarids may lactate from 4 to 36 months. This reflects the fact that phocid feeding grounds tend to be a long way off-shore so lactation is associated with maternal fasting. To compensate for the short lactation period, the fat content of phocid milk is higher than in any other species of marine mammal (45 – 60% fat). After lactation most female phocids make extensive migratory movements to feeding grounds for intensive foraging to recoup depleted energy reserves. On the other hand, otarid feeding grounds are generally closer to shore and females go on foraging trips to maintain lactation. Fat content of otarid milk is lower than that of the phocids owing to the protracted lactatory period (typically 25 – 50%). Protracted nursing also leads to the formation of social bonds. Postnatal (Latin for after birth) is the period beginning immediately after the birth of a child and extending for about six weeks. ...
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Taxonomy
 A Pinniped swimming underwater - Family: Odobenidae
- Family Otariidae
- Family Phocidae
- Subfamily Monachinae
- Tribe Monachini
- Monachopsis (extinct)
- Pristiphoca (extinct)
- Properiptychus (extinct)
- Messiphoca (extinct)
- Mesotaria (extinct)
- Callophoca (extinct)
- Pliophoca (extinct)
- Pontophoca (extinct)
- Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi
- Mediterranean Monk Seal, Monachus monachus
- Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis (probably extinct around 1950)
- Tribe Miroungini
- Tribe Lobodontini
- Swan-necked Seal, Acrophoca longirostris (extinct)
- Piscophoca pacifica (extinct)
- Homiphoca capensis (extinct)
- Subfamily Phocinae
- Kawas benegasorum (extinct)
- Leptophoca lenis (extinct)
- Preapusa (extinct)
- Cryptophoca (extinct)
- Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus
- Hooded Seal, Cystophora cristata
- Tribe Phocini
- Common Seal or Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina
- Spotted Seal or Larga Seal, Phoca largha
- Ringed Seal, Pusa hispida (formerly Phoca hispida)
- Nerpa or Baikal Seal, Pusa sibirica (formerly Phoca sibirica)
- Caspian Seal, Pusa caspica (formerly Phoca caspica)
- Harp Seal, Pagophilus groenlandica (formerly Phoca groenlandicus)
- Ribbon Seal, Histriophoca fasciata (formerly Phoca fasciata)
- Phocanella (extinct)
- Platyphoca (extinct)
- Gryphoca (extinct)
- Grey Seal, Halichoerus grypus
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Binomial name Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies Walruses are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Walrus Subspecies Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called seals. Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. ...
Binomial name Callorhinus ursinus Linnaeus, 1758 Range map The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal. ...
Binomial name Peters, 1875 The Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) is one of seven seals in the genus Arctocephalus. ...
Binomial name Merriam, 1897 Dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: other colonies. ...
Binomial name Arctocephalus philippii Peters, 1866 The Juan Fernandez Fur Seal (Arctocephalus philippii) is a fur seal that breeds on the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile. ...
Binomial name Arctocephalus galapagoensis Heller, 1904 The Galapagos Fur Seal is the smallest of all the pinnipeds. ...
Binomial name (Schreber, 1775) Distribution of the Cape Fur Seal, dark blue: breeding colonies; light blue: non-breeding individuals The Cape Fur Seal (also known as the South African Fur Seal and the Australian Fur Seal) is a species of fur seal. ...
Binomial name Arctocephalus fosteri Lesson, 1828 The New Zealand (or Southern) Fur Seal (Arctocephalus fosteri, Maori name kokono) is a species of fur seal found around the south coast of Australia, the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and some of the small islands to the south and...
Binomial name Arcetocephalus fosteri Lesson, 1828 The New Zealand (or Southern) Fur Seal is a species of fur seal found around the south coast of Australia, the coast of the South Island of New Zealand, and some of the small islands to the south and east of there. ...
Binomial name Arcetocephalus tropcalis , The Subantarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) is a fur seal found in the southern parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. ...
Binomial name Arcetocephalus australis Zimmermann, 1783 The South American Fur Seal (Arcetocephalus australis) is a species of fur seal that breeds on the coasts of Chile and Argentina. ...
Binomial name Eumetopias jubatus (Schreber, 1776) The Stellers sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus), also known as the Northern Sea Lion, is a sea lion of the temperate eastern Pacific, named by Georg Steller. ...
Binomial name (Lesson, 1828) The California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) is a coastal sea lion of the northern Pacific Ocean. ...
Binomial name (Peters, 1866) The Japanese Sea Lion (Zalophus japonicus or Zalophus californianus japonicus) is thought to have gone extinct in the 1950s. ...
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Binomial name Neophoca cinerea Peron, 1816 The Australian Sea Lion (Neophoca cinerea) is a species of sea lion that breeds only on the south coast of Australia. ...
Binomial name Phocarctos hookeri (Gray, 1844) The New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri) or Hookers Sea Lion is a species of sea lion that breeds around the coast of the South Island of New Zealand and Stewart Island/Rakiura, to some extent, and to a greater extent around much...
Binomial name Monachus schauinslandi Matschie, 1905 The Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi) in the Family Phocidae, is an endangered marine mammal that is endemic to the warm, clear waters of the Hawaiian Islands. ...
Binomial name Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) Mediterranean Monk Seal range The Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) is believed to be the worlds rarest pinniped and one of the most endangered mammals of the world. ...
Binomial name Monachus tropicalis (Gray, 1850) The Caribbean Monk Seal or West Indian Monk Seal (Monachus tropicalis), the only seal ever known to be native to the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of Mexico, is now considered extinct. ...
Binomial name Mirounga angustirostris (Gill, 1866) The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the Southern Elephant Seal). ...
Binomial name Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758 The Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seal (the other is the Northern Elephant Seal). ...
Binomial name Ommatophoca rossii (Gray, 1844) The Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a carnivorous seal of the family Phocidae and only species of the genus Ommatophoca. ...
Binomial name Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842 Distribution of Crabeater Seal The Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus, is one of the most remarkable, though least known, of the mammals of the world. ...
Binomial name (Blainville, 1820) Hydrurga leptonyx range map. ...
Binomial name (Lesson, 1826) The Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), a true seal, is named after Sir James Weddell, commander of British sealing expeditions in the Weddell Sea. ...
Binomial name Acrophoca longirostris Muizon, 1981 Acrophoca longirostris is an extinct species of pinniped. ...
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. ...
Binomial name Cystophora christata (Erxleben, 1777) The hooded seal (Cystophora christata) is an arctic seal, which is named after a cap-like bulge essay on forehead and nose of the male that doesn’t hang down as with the elephant seal. ...
Binomial name bobbi Linnaeus,, 1758 Common or Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) are true seals of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
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Binomial name Pusa hispida (Schreber, 1775) The Ringed Seal or Jar Seal (Pusa hispida formerly Phoca hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the northern coasts. ...
Binomial name Phoca sibirica Gmelin, 1788 The Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal, a huge freshwater lake in Siberia near the border with Mongolia). ...
Binomial name Pusa caspica (Gmelin, 1788) Caspian seals (Pusa caspica), one of the smallest members of the true seal family, are unique in that they are found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea. ...
Binomial name Erxleben, 1777 // Harp seals resemble harbor seals in body and head form, but are larger: adult Harp Seals grow to 1. ...
Binomial name Phoca fasciata , The Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) is a seal from the family Phocidae. ...
Binomial name (Fabricius, 1791) Grey Seal range (in blue) The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. ...
In culture - See also Walruses in the media
Seals and sea lions are popular animals in the media. They are often portrayed balancing beach balls on their noses and clapping with their flippers. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Walrus Subspecies Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) are large semi-aquatic mammals that live in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. ...
Notable fictional seals include:
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Chuck Jones in 1976 Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. ...
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Suborders Mysticeti Odontoceti (see text) The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins and porpoises. ...
Families Dugongidae Trichechidae For information about the Gothic Metal band, see Sirenia (band) Sirenia are herbivorous mammals of coastal waters. ...
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Families Simosauridae Germanosauridae Nothosauridae Nothosaurs were Triassic marine sauropterygian reptiles that may have lived like seals of today, catching food in water but coming ashore on rocks and beaches. ...
References - ^ John J. Flynn et al (2005). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Carnivora". Systematic Biology 54: 317 – 337.
- ^ Encarta article on Seals
- ^ Mikko (2005). Pinnipedimorpha – seals, walrusies, sealions, and other seal-like carnivores.
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