| In the common world, seals are all-too-often degraded by being categorized into, 'just a seal." When in-fact there are many different kinds of seals. Among the same family, but many types of seals. Just as there are many types of humans. On this page, you'll find every species of seal that there is...and what each species is famous for. |
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| SEA LION SEALS |
| Hooded Seal Cystophora cristata |
| NORTHERN SEALS |
| Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Phocinae |
| Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus |
| Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus |
| Caspian Seal Phoca caspica |
| Ribbon Seal Phoca fasciata |
| Harp Seal Phoca groenlandica |
| Ringed Seal Phoca hispida |
| Spotted Seal Phoca largha |
| Baikal Seal Phoca sibirica |
| Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina |
| MONK, ELEPHANT, AND ANTARTIC SEALS |
| Family: Phocidae Subfamily: Monachinae |
| Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx |
| Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddelli |
| Crabeater Seal Monachus tropicalis |
| Northern Elephant Seal Mirounga angustirostris |
| Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina |
| Mediterranean Monk Seal Monachus monachus |
| Caribbean Monk Seal Monachus tropicalis POSSIBLY EXTINCT |
| Hawaiian Monk Seal Monachus schauinslandi |
| Ross Seal Ommatophoca rossi |
| Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Otariinae |
| Steller Sea Lion Eumetopias jubatus |
| Australian Sea Lion Neophoca cinerea |
| South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens |
| New Zealand Sea Lion Phocarctos hookeri |
| California, Galapagos, and Japanese Sea Lions Zalophus Californianus |
| FUR SEALS Family: Otariidae Subfamily: Arctocephalinae |
| South American Fur Seals Arctocephalus Australis |
| New Zealand Fur Seal Arctocephalis forsteri |
| Galapagos Fur Seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis |
| Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella |
| Juan Fernandez Fur Seal Arctocephalus philippii |
| South African and Australian Fur Seals Arctocephalus pusillus |
| Guadalupe Fur Seal Arctocephalus townsendi |
| Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis |
| Northern Fur Seal Callorhinus ursinus |
| Courtesy of the Seal Conservation Society |
| THE WALRUS |
| Family: Odobenidae |
| Walrus Odobenus rosmarus |
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| Courtesy of the Seal Conservation Society |
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| (c) 2001 the Seal Conservation Society. All Rights Reserved. |
| (c) 2001. Tony Nudo. All Rights Reserved. Certain pictures used with kind permission and in no way should be duplicated. |