Directory of Phocidae Resources

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Family of marine mammals, the true seals or earless seals, one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia.

Resources in This Category

• Bearded Seal: Erignathus barbatus

  http://www.arkive.org/bearded-seal/erignathus-barbatus/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Common Seal: Phoca vitulina

  http://www.arkive.org/common-seal/phoca-vitulina/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos.

• Earless Seal

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_seals
  Information from Wikipedia on the true seals, one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia.

• Friends of the Elephant Seal

  http://www.elephantseal.org/
  Includes information on friends of the elephant seal and the elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas.

• Grey Seal: Halichoerus grypus

  http://www.arkive.org/grey-seal-(eastern-atlantic-population)/halichoerus-grypus/
  Information from ARKive including images and videos of the eastern Atlantic population.

• Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)

  http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=302
  Description and behavior of this species, its world range and habitat, its ecology and life history, with comments on how it is hunted and other factors influencing its population size.

• Hawaiian Monk Seal: Monachus schauinslandi

  http://www.arkive.org/hawaiian-monk-seal/monachus-schauinslandi/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Leopard Seal: Hydrurga leptonyx

  http://www.arkive.org/leopard-seal/hydrurga-leptonyx/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=27
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Mediterranean Monk Seal: Monachus monachus

  http://www.arkive.org/mediterranean-monk-seal/monachus-monachus/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• monachus-guardian.org

  http://www.monachus-guardian.org/
  Biology and conservation of the Mediterranean, Hawaiian, and Caribbean monk seals.

• Northern Elephant Seal: Mirounga angustirostris

  http://www.arkive.org/northern-elephant-seal/mirounga-angustirostris/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Pagophilus groenlandicus

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Pagophilus_groenlandicus.html
  Photographs and information on the harp seal including its range, habitat, description, reproduction, behavior and impact on man and the environment.

• Rare monk seal colony found in the Mediterranean

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9317000/9317582.stm
  The BBC reports that scientists have found a colony of rare Mediterranean monk seals at an undisclosed location in Greece.

• Southern Elephant Seal: Mirounga leonina

  http://www.arkive.org/southern-elephant-seal/mirounga-leonina/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Weddell Seal: Leptonychotes weddellii

  http://www.arkive.org/weddell-seal/leptonychotes-weddellii/
  Many videos and photographs with details of classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

 

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