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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Phocidae
--> GENUS Lobodon
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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