RIBBON SEAL, Histriophoca fasciata 



(Kaolik, Kukupuk) 



Range. — Okhotsk, Bering, and Chukchi Seas, 

 from northern Hokkaido and Bristol Bay to Point 

 Barrow. 



Habitat. — In Alaska, occurs chiefly among ice 

 floes of Bering Sea, at soutliern edge of ice pack. 



For7n in Alaska. — This is a monotypic species 

 (type locality : Kurile Islands, Japan) . 



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