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SPECIES Lobodon carcinophaga

Author:Hombron and Jacquinot, 1842.
Citation:InDumont d'Uville, Voy. Pole Sud., Zool., Altas: Mammifères: pl. 10 [1842], see also vol. 3:Mammifères et Oiseaux, p. 27 [1853].
Common Name:Crabeater Seal
Type Locality:"capturé sur les glaces du Pole Sud, entre les îles Sandwich et les îles Powels, à 150 lieues de distance de chacune de ces îles." [Scotia Sea (midway between South Orkney and South Sandwich Isls) (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)].
Distribution:Antarctic seas, frequently on pack ice around Antarctic Continent. Vagrant populations: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Falkland Isls, New Zealand, South Africa, Tasmania, Uruguay.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:This species has often been listed incorrectly as L. carcinophagus (Rice, 1998).
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    serridens (Owen, 1843)

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