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 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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The Ladoga ringed seal (Russian: Ладожская нерпа; Pusa hispida ladogensis) is a freshwater subspecies of the ringed seal (Pusa hispida) found entirely...
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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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the Caspian seal, it is related to the Arctic ringed seal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals and the only exclusively freshwater pinniped...
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The Seal of Solomon or Ring of Solomon (Hebrew: חותם שלמה, Ḥotam Shlomo; Arabic: خاتم سليمان, Khātam Sulaymān; Turkish: Mühr-ü Süleyman) is the legendary...
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Hauling-out (section Ringed seal)
In comparison to other pinniped species, ringed seals haul-out with a shorter duration year round. Ringed seals have a diel haul-out pattern in which they...
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closest relative to it being the Arctic ringed seal whence it has likely descended. The manner by which the baikal seal reached Lake Baikal is still not fully...
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and 45 kg (99 lb) in weight in the ringed seal to 5.8 m (19 ft) and 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) in the southern elephant seal, which is the largest member of the...
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A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus...
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weight. The female seal is larger than the male, meaning that they are sexually dimorphic. Bearded seals, along with ringed seals, are a major food source...
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compressed during assembly between two or more parts, forming a seal at the interface. The O-ring may be used in static applications or in dynamic applications...
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southern seals grow quickly to a smaller size. Only the Caspian seal species of Pusa is endangered, while two subspecies of the ringed seal are vulnerable...
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of ringed seal fall with any ban on any type of seal product, regardless of exemption. For example, in 1963, prices for high-quality pelts of ringed seals...
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Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
krill-eating crabeater seals, crustacean-eating ringed seals, squid specialists like the Ross seal and southern elephant seal, and the bearded seal and walrus, which...
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seals give birth to one pup each. Similar to other ringed seals, these pups are born with white pelages and weigh about 5 kg (11 lb). Caspian seals employ...
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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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They are mostly carnivorous and specialized for preying on seals, particularly ringed seals. Such prey is typically taken by ambush; the bear may stalk...
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ringed seal NE , ssp. ochotensis - Okhotsk ringed seal NE, ssp. ladogensis - Lake Logoda ringed seal NE, ssp. saimensis - Saima seal ) Caspian seal,...
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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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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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on Lake Saimaa Lake Saimaa shoreline An endangered freshwater seal, the Saimaa ringed seal, lives only at Saimaa. Another of the lake's endangered species...
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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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Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) Hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Ringed seal (Pusa hispida)...
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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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lake's name is of Inuktitut origin, coming from the word for the adult ringed seal (netsilak). Franz Boas explored its southern shore in 1884. Nettilling...
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under the ice), the main year-round species is the ringed seal subspecies, the Arctic ringed seal. It lives offshore within 8 km (5.0 mi) of land. In...
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Cylinder seals are a form of impression seal, a category which includes the stamp seal and finger ring seal. They survive in fairly large numbers and...
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The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order...
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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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