Ringed Seal

Also known as Pusa hispida

species of mammal

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A ringed seal is a small seal that lives in Arctic waters and is named for the distinctive ring-like markings on its fur. These seals are important to Arctic ecosystems and to indigenous peoples who have traditionally hunted them for food and materials.

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Species

ringed seal

Species

PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderCarnivora
FamilyPhocidae

Habitatmarine

Maximum longevity: 46 years (captivity) Observations: With a 3.5 months period of delayed implantation, the total gestation lasts 11 months (Ronald Nowak 2003). In the wild, these animals have been reported to live up to 46 years (Bernhard Grzimek 1990), which is plausible. Little is known about their longevity in captivity, but one wild born specimen was about 14.4 years old when it died in captivity (Richard Weigl 2005).

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The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is a small earless seal species found in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Its common name is derived from a distinctive patterning of dark spots surrounded by light gray rings.

The ringed seal is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the Northern Hemisphere; they can be found throughout the Arctic Ocean, into the Bering Sea and Okhotsk Sea as far south as the northern coast of Japan in the Pacific, and throughout the North Atlantic coasts of Greenland and Scandinavia as far south as Newfoundland. Two freshwater subspecies live in northern Europe. They are the smallest members of the seal family found in these regions, averaging 1.5 metres (5 ft) in length.