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SEALS (PHOCIDAE) 



BEARDED SEAL (Erignathus barbatus; choice 11, pg. 165) occurs around 

 sea ice, and moves with the ice seasonally from the Arctic Ocean to the 

 southern Bering Sea. Males reach a length of 2.9 m and a weight of 400 kg; 

 females reach 2.6 m in length. 



RINGED SEAL (Phooa hispida; choice 13, pg.166) is associated with sea 

 ice, and seasonally moves to the southeastern Bering Sea from the Arctic 

 Ocean. Males and females reach a length of 1.4 m and a weight of 90 kg. 

 Newborn pups are less than 0.75 m long. 



RIBBON SEAL (Phooa fasoiata: choice 12', pg. 166) like the previous 

 two species, is associated with sea ice. It moves seasonally with the 

 ice in the Bering Sea, its usual southern limit being the Alaska Peninsula. 

 On very rare occasions, they have been encountered south of Alaska, as 

 far south, in fact, as California. Males and females reach a length of 

 1.7 m and a weight of 100 kg and 80 kg respectively. 



HARBOR SEAL (Phoea vitulina; choice 14, pg. 167)is widely distributed 

 in coastal waters from the southeastern Bering Sea to central Baja 

 California. Males reach a length of 1.8 m and a weight of 120 kg; females 

 reach 1.6 m and 110 kg. Newborn pups are about 0.75 m long. 



LARGHA or SPOTTED SEAL (Phooa largha; choice 14', pg. 167) is the 

 Asian counterpart of the Harbor Seal and occurs in North American waters 

 largely only in the vicinity of the Bering Strait. Specimens are also 

 known from the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands. This species averages 

 slightly larger than the Harbor Seal, but there is great overlap in size. 



NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (Mirounga angus tiros tris; choice 10', pg. 165) 

 occurs from central Baja California north to British Columbia, and rarely 

 to southeast Alaska. Males reach a length of 6.5 m and a weight of 3700 

 kg; females reach 3.6 m and 910 kg. Newborn pups are about 1.3 m in length. 



SEA OTTERS (MUSTELIDAE) 



NORTHERN and SOUTHERN SEA OTTER (Enhydca lutris lutris and E. I. nereis; 

 choices 15 and 15', pg. 167)- The Northern Sea Otter occurs from the 

 Aleutians south to Washington and the Southern Sea Otter occurs from Baja 

 California north to southeast Alaska. Their ranges thus overlap. The 

 northern form reaches a maximum size of about 1 m and the southern form 

 reaches 1.4 m in length. 



