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SPECIES Hydrurga leptonyx
Author: | de Blainville, 1820. | Citation: | J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 91: 298. | Common Name: | Leopard seal | Type Locality: | "des environs des îles Falckland ou Malouines" [Falkland Isls (UK)]. | Distribution: | Circumpolar pack-ice zone south to the shores of Antarctica. Also coastal regions of Australia, Chile, Falkland Isls, Kerguelen Isls, New Zealand), South Sandwich Isls, South Africa. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Synonyms allocated according to Cabrera (1957). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
homei (Lesson, 1828) leptonyz (de Blainville, 1820)
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