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    The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis, Finnish: saimaannorppa) is a subspecies and glacial relict of ringed seal (Pusa hispida). They are among...
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    Lake Saimaa Olavinlinna fortress on Lake Saimaa Lake Saimaa shoreline An endangered freshwater seal, the Saimaa ringed seal, lives only at Saimaa. Another...
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    smaller population of Saimaa ringed seals in Lake Saimaa, a lake that flows into Ladoga through the Vuoksi River. The adult Ladoga seal grows to about 150 cm...
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    harbour seals), as well as the Saimaa ringed seal and the Ladoga seal (both ringed seal subspecies), are also found in fresh water, but these seals are part...
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    of dark spots surrounded by light gray rings. The ringed seal is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the Northern Hemisphere; they can be...
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    population. The Saimaa ringed seal is closely related to the Ladoga ringed seal, the populations likely became isolated from the Baltic ringed seal around the...
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    (2023). Weddell Seals: Science, Life History, and Population Dynamics. Weddell Seal Science. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-881480-19-8. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Retrieved...
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  • from the fossil record after the Pliocene other than G. biloba. The Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis) is an endemic subspecies, a relict of last...
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    subspecies of the ringed seal are vulnerable and endangered, Ladoga seal and Saimaa ringed seal respectively. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal...
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    22 January 2007. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Nationalparks.fi...
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    doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01448-4. PMID 31065101. S2CID 256768064. "Saimaa Ringed Seal". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December...
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    The Arctic ringed seal (Pusa hispida hispida) is a subspecies of ringed seals (Pusa hispida). Arctic ringed seals inhabit the Arctic Ocean, and are the...
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    Haukivesi (category Saimaa)
    fishing because of the national park and protection of the endangered Saimaa ringed seal. Etelä-Savon ympäristökeskus: Haukivesi (in Finnish) Archived 2007-09-30...
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    coniferous forest, with some herb-rich parts. The critically endangered Saimaa ringed seal inhabits the park. List of national parks of Finland Protected areas...
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    turtle was ensnared and could not come up for air. Cubs of endangered Saimaa ringed seal also drown to fishing nets. Fishing nets, usually made of plastic...
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  • position for health reasons. 1955 – An order to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is legalized. 1957 – The S&P 500 stock market...
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    unilingually Finnish. Kolovesi National Park, home of the Saimaa Ringed Seals – one of the most endangered seals in the world, was located in Savonranta and its...
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    Puruvesi (category Saimaa)
    from the surface on calm and sunny days. Recently, the Saimaa Ringed Seal, a rare freshwater seal species, has returned to Puruvesi. Sightings of this animal...
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    been observed in Finland. The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is an endemic subspecies restricted to Lake Saimaa. In 2015 assessment of endangered...
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    9 sq mi). It protects e.g. the habitat of the critically endangered Saimaa ringed seal. Typical of the rugged scenery of Kolovesi, formed by the ice age...
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  • original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021. "The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original...
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    dragonfly on the reverse and a Saimaa seal on the obverse = €0.84 10 mk (bimetallic coin, aluminum-bronze centre and cupronickel ring) – rowan tree branches and...
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  • Asiatic lion Siberian tiger Indochinese tiger Bengal tiger Ungava seal Saimaa ringed seal Includes tenrecs and golden moles. Marley's golden mole Giant golden...
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  • migrate there during certain times of the year. The Saimaa ringed seal is a subspecies of ringed seal native exclusively to Finland and is a famous animal...
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    the order Carnivora, composed of seals, sea lions, and the walrus. A member of this group is called a pinniped or a seal. They are widespread throughout...
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    more than 50 mature individuals. Previously extinct in the wild. Saimaa ringed seal Pusa hispida saimensis 380 EN The most endangered pinniped. Cozumel...
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  • Jaakkola; Salla Laasonen; Timo Vuorisalo (2014). "Safeguarding the Saimaa ringed seal" (PDF). University of Turku. Archived from the original (Report) on...
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  • Conservation. It is Finland's largest nature magazine. In the logo is the Saimaa ringed seal, an endemic animal (only in Finland). Its future is endangered. The...
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    recreational fishing are developing. It has its own endemic ringed seal subspecies known as the Ladoga seal. Since the beginning of the 1960s Ladoga has become...
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    of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki Salazar-Ciudad I. & Jernvall J. Nature (2010) Jernvall's research group The Saimaa Ringed Seal Genome Project...
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