Mammals > Carnivorans
The Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata), renowned across the high north as the bladder-nosed seal, is a massive, pelagic phocid seal native to the drifting deep-sea pack ice of the Arctic and subarctic North Atlantic. Belonging to the true seal family Phocidae, this...
Mammals > Carnivorans
The Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), celebrated across the far north as the saddleback seal or Greenland seal, is a highly migratory, ice-breeding true seal native to the subarctic and Arctic waters of the North Atlantic. Belonging to the family Phocidae, this...
Mammals > Pinnipeds
The Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida, formerly Phoca hispida) is the smallest, most abundant, and most ice-dependent earless seal inhabiting the circumpolar Arctic. Belonging to the true seal family Phocidae, this tubby, torpedo-shaped pinniped is instantly recognized by its...
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