Weddell seal
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The Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) is a seal that is common in Antarctica. It is named after James Weddell, who discovered it. Estimations are that there are half a million to a million of these animals left, which makes it the most common seal in Antarctica, after the Crabeater seal. During the winter, most Weddel seals do not migrate northwards. Instead, they keep open a hole in the ice, by gnawing it with their teeth.
| Weddell seal[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Phocidae |
| Genus: | Leptonychotes Gill, 1872 |
| Species: | L. weddellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
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| File:WeddellRange 1.PNG | |
| Weddell seal range
Water Ice Range | |
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File:Leptonychotes weddellii NOAA.jpg
Female Weddel seal, with calf.
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A Weddell seal breathing in a hole in the ice.
Weddell Seal Media
- Weddell Seal skull 1844.jpg
Weddell Seal skull (Leptonychotes weddellii)
- Weddell seal.jpg
A Weddell seal at a breathing hole
- Bébé Phoque de Weddell - Baby Weddell Seal.jpg
Baby Weddell seal, Adélie Land
- Antarctic,Weddell seal-puppy (js) 44.jpg
Weddell seal pup with its grey natal coat, Deception Island
- Phoque weddell.ogv
Video of a reclining Weddell seal on pack ice in Adélie Land
- Weddell Seal (js)1.jpg
At Neko Harbour, Antarctica
Notes
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ {{{assessors}}} (2008). Leptonychotes weddellii. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 29 January 2009.