PHOCIDAE, Gray, 1821
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6606904 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/464F694F-FFAA-A857-FDC7-D4499E47FA8A |
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Diego |
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PHOCIDAE |
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Family PHOCIDAE View in CoL
(EARLESS SEALS)
• Streamlined, robust amphibious marine mammals with no underfur, and no external ear flaps; sexual dimorphism highly variable.
• 110-500 cm. View Figure
• All major oceans, and a few enclosed seas and lakes. View Figure
• Mainly polar and subpolar waters, but some temperate to tropical waters, estuaries, and freshwater lakes.
• 13 genera, 18 species, at least 26 extant taxa
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• 2 species Critically Endangered, 1 species Endangered, 1 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600.
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