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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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Synonyms:

    homei (Lesson, 1828)
    leptonyz (de Blainville, 1820)

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