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--> GENUS Leptonychotes
SPECIES Leptonychotes weddellii
| Author: | Lesson, 1826. | | Citation: | Bull. Sci. Nat. Geol., 7: 437. | | Common Name: | Weddell Seal | | Type Locality: | "sur les côtes des Orcades australes, situées sour 60 degrés 37 minutes de lat" [South Orkney Isl (Br. Antarct. Trust Terr.)]. | | Distribution: | Coastal fast ice areas of Antarctic continent and adjacent islands. Vagrant populations: Argentina, Australia, Chile, Falkland Isls, Macquarie Isl, New Zealand, Uruguay. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Stirling (1971) and Kooyman (1981). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
leopardina (C. E. H. Smith, 1839)
leopardinus Wagner, 1946
leptonyx (Moseley, 1879)
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