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    The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members...
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    Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it...
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    The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost...
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    Monk seals are earless seals of the tribe Monachini. They are the only earless seals found in tropical climates. The two genera of monk seals, Monachus...
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    The Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) is an endangered species of earless seal in the family Phocidae that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands...
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    The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only...
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  • many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: Earless seal, also called "true seal" Fur seal Eared seal Seal (emblem), a device to impress an...
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    The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The ringed seal is a relatively small seal, rarely greater...
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    The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica, syn. Phoca caspica) is one of the smallest members of the earless seal family and unique in that it is found exclusively...
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    the Pleistocene epoch, bearded seals ranged as far south as South Carolina. Distinguishing features of this earless seal include square fore flippers and...
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    Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
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  • mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: Earless seal, or "true seal" Fur seal Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used...
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    Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
    the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true seals), with 34 extant species and more than...
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    William F.; Würsig, Bernd; Thewissen, J. G. M., eds. (24 November 2008). "Earless Seals". Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (2nd ed.). Burlington, Massachusetts:...
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    An eared seal, otariid, or otary is any member of the marine mammal family Otariidae, one of three groupings of pinnipeds. They comprise 15 extant species...
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    fur seals, Galapagos fur seals, Juan Fernandez fur seals, New Zealand fur seals, brown fur seals, South American fur seals, and subantarctic fur seals. Along...
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    The long-necked seal (Phoca mutica) is a hypothetical species of earless seals. It was first described in 1681 by Nehemiah Grew, based on a skin of unknown...
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    fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals); animals in the family Phocidae were sometimes referred to as hair seals, and are much more adept for a...
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    The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the...
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    Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal) is a species of fur seal found mainly...
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  • pusa or Pausha in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pusa is a genus of earless seal. Pusa or PUSA may also refer to: The Presidents of the United States...
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    status in Algeria, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco and Syria is unknown. This earless seal's historical range extended from the northern Atlantic coastline of Western...
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    such as the blue whale, the beluga, the minke whale and the harp seal (earless seal). The Nordic marine animals include the walrus and the narwhal. Inland...
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    The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern elephant...
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  • seal, Cystophora cristata NA vagrant Common seal, Phoca vitulina LC Ringed seal, Pusa hispida NA vagrant Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus VU Harp seal,...
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    Pusa is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae. The three species of this genus were split from the genus Phoca, and some sources still...
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    The Ross seal (Ommatophoca rossii) is a true seal (family Phocidae) with a range confined entirely to the pack ice of Antarctica. It is the only species...
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    spotted seal (Phoca largha), also known as the larga seal or largha seal, is a member of the family Phocidae, and is considered a "true seal". It inhabits...
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  • fox (Vulpes vulpes) LC Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) LC Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) LC Northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) VU Steller...
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  • Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Ringed seal (Pusa hispida)...
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