Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 244-289 : 287

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scientific name	Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826)
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Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) View in CoL . Bull. Sei. Nat. Geol., 7:437.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Orkney Isl. (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.) .

DISTRIBUTION: Coastal areas of Antarctic continent. Occasionally north to South America, Australia, and New Zealand.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Stirling, 1971, Mamm. Species, 6:1 -5, and Kooyman, 1981, Weddell seal: Consummate diver. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, x + 135 pp.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301413002006001001.