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The skull of the leopard seal. The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape when compared to other seals. The overall length of adults is 2.4–3.5 m (7.9–11.5 ft) and their weight is in the range 200 to 600 kilograms (440 to 1,320 lb), making them the same length as the northern walrus but usually less than half the weight.
The true seal tribe Lobodontini, collectively known as the Antarctic seals or lobodontin seals, consist of four species of seals in four genera: the crabeater seal ( Lobodon carcinophaga ), the leopard seal ( Hydrurga leptonyx ), the Weddell seal ( Leptonychotes weddelli ), and the Ross seal ( Ommatophoca rossii ).
Order: Sirenia (manatees and dugongs) [] Dugongs. Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that live in rivers and marine wetlands. It includes four extant species, three manatees and the dugong, and the extinct Stellar's sea cow. Family: Dugongidae.
3.1 m (10 ft) (length) Owha ([ɔfa], b. before 2012) is a leopard seal that has been seen throughout the northern North Island of New Zealand, such as in Auckland 's Waitematā Harbour, where she likes to sleep on pontoons. Being known for what Stuff has described as "highly inquisitive behaviour", Owha sometimes breaks fenders and pops ...
Pinniped. Pinnipeds (pronounced / ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz /), commonly known as seals, [a] are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin -footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae ...
Binomial name. †Acrophoca longirostris. Muizon, 1981. Acrophoca longirostris, also known as the swan-necked seal, is an extinct genus of Late Miocene pinniped. It was thought to have been the ancestor of the modern leopard seal; however, it is now thought to be a species of monk seal.
The crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), also known as the krill-eater seal, is a true seal with a circumpolar distribution around the coast of Antarctica. They are the only member of the genus Lobodon. They are medium- to large-sized (over 2 m in length), relatively slender and pale-colored, found primarily on the free-floating pack ice that ...
Leopard seal [edit] Original - The leopard seal is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the Southern Elephant Seal ), and is near the top of the Antarctic food chain. The Leopard Seal has an unusually loose jaw that can open more than 160 degrees allowing it to bite larger prey.