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Baikal seal
Order : Carnivora
Family : Phocidae
Species : Phoca sibirica
Facts about the Baikal seal
Baikal seals are very similar to ringed seals, except for a few aspects of their flippers and coloration.
It turns out that the Baikal seal is peculiar amongst
Lake Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) is the only pinniped that is restricted to freshwater.
Nerpa in the news The Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal, a huge freshwater lake in Siberia near the border with Mongolia).
Phoca sibiricaGmelin, 1788 The Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal, a huge freshwater lake in Siberia near the border with Mongolia).
The Baikal nerpa - Phoca sibirica - is a representative of the order of pinnipeds and family of real (earless) seal.
The Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal, a huge freshwater lake in Siberia near the border with Mongolia).
Geographic Range Baikal seals are endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia and are found only this lake and connecting rivers. (Full text)
Phoca sibirica is the only seal that lives primarily in freshwater. (Full text)
The Baikal seal is found in Lake Baikal, the deepest and oldest lake in the world,. (Full text)
However, Rice (1998) states that the inclusion of a large number of species in the genus Phoca is not admissible and therefor the genus Pusa (which includes the ringed seal, the Caspian seal and the Baikal seal) is a valid genus. (Full text)
The Baikal seals are also hunted for their skins and blubber. (Full text)
The Nerpa (or Baikal seal) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal (a huge freshwater lake in Russian Siberia near the border with Mongolia). (Full text)
Baikal seals are known to go up rivers and rise rather high up with their streams, and sometimes they may even take an overland trip from one river to another. (Full text)
First, Baikal seals are more graceful, especially females. (Full text)
Anyhow, there are many differences, and, first, in its interior - the Baikal seals are more graceful, especial- ly, the females. (Full text)
Baikal seals are irresistibly interesting for many marine mammalogists--in part because they aren't marine. (Full text)
Other descriptions of Nerpa Nerpa Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: Phoca Species: sibirica Binomial name Phoca sibirica Gmelin, 1788 The Nerpa or Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal, a huge freshwater lake in Siberia near the border with Mongolia). (Full text)
Natural History Adult Baikal seals are 1. (Full text)
The Baikal seal is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia. (Full text)
The Baikal seal is found in Lake Baikal in Russia and is the only freshwater seal. (Full text)
Distribution and Numbers Known locally as the nerpa and referred to by some scientists as Pusa sibirica, the Baikal seal is (Full text)
The world's unique fresh-water seal, the nerpa (Phoca sibirica), is believed to number between 70,000 and 100,000. (Full text)
The origin of the Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica) is one of the great mysteries of (Full text)
Shpilenok Land-locked Baikal seals are endemic to the lake. (Full text)
1. Phoca, genus Phoca -- (type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals)Phoca
genus Phoca
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