BEARDED SEAL, Erlgnathus barhatus 



(Ugruk) 



Range. — Polar seas north to lat. 85° N., Arctic 

 coast and Bering Sea south to Bristol Bay and 

 Pribilof Islands. 



Ihihitat. — Marine, moving southward with the 

 ice pack in winter; abundant in spring near south 

 edge of ice pack. 



Race in Alaska. — The race nmificus (type local- 

 ity : Okhotsk Sea) occurs in the waters oil" Alaska. 



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