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--> ORDER CARNIVORA
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--> FAMILY Phocidae
--> GENUS Ommatophoca
SPECIES Ommatophoca rossii
| Author: | Gray, 1844. | | Citation: | Zool. Voy. H. M. S. "Erebus" and "Terror,", 1: 3. | | Common Name: | Ross Seal | | Type Locality: | "Antarctic ocean", restricted by Barrett-Hamilton (1902) to "pack ice, north of Ross Sea 68°S, 176°E". | | Distribution: | Circumpolar, Antarctic pack ice, particularly King Haakon VII Sea. Vagrant populations on Heard Isl and S Australia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
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