earless seals
true seals

They are the only earless seals that are found in tropical climates.

Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae.

Earless seals sleep bihemispherically like most mammals, under water, hanging at the water surface or on land.

Earless seals, or true seals, are one of three families to belong to the seal...

Leptophoca is an extinct genus of earless seals.

A similar phenomenon is earless seals and eared seals.

Other than occasional vagrants, among the seals only the Phocidae, or earless seals, are represented.

Earless seals, also called true seals or phocids, are the most diverse and widespread pinnipeds.

'Elephant seals' are large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus 'Mirounga'.

Along with all of the other earless seals, it belongs to the family Phocidae, and is the only species in the genus Hydrurga.

The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal superfamily, Pinnipedia.

Earless seals (or true seals)

Kingdom of Sea Animals - protection and breeding of marine mammals such as fur seals, earless seals, etc.

Seals are grouped in earless seals and eared seals, which have solved the problem of sleeping in water differently.

This is the main method used by molluscs such as slugs and snails, and also large flatworms, some other worms, and even earless seals.

Their fore flippers are larger than those of earless seals and are used as a primary source of propulsion and maneuverability in the water.

The only member of the genus Enhydra, the sea otter is so different from other mustelid species that, as recently as 1982, some scientists believed it was more closely related to the earless seals.

The ear ossicles are pachyosteosclerotic (dense and compact) in cetaceans and very different in shape compared to land mammals (other aquatic mammals, such as sirenians and earless seals, have also lost their pinnae).

Unlike modern true seals, it had a tail, although this was relatively short.

It is a large seal of the family Phocidae or "true seals".

The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals.

This specialization is also found in most true seals.

Like other true seals, the Caribbean monk seal was sluggish on land.

We'll discuss fur seals and true seals in much more detail on the next page.

True seals do not communicate by "barking" like otariids.

The seals are one of the few with visible earflaps, making them not "true seals".

Walruses have lots of things similar to true seals and eared seals.

Earless seals, or true seals, are one of three families to belong to the seal...

Like both true seals and eared seals, they are very good swimmers and divers.

However, walruses do have some features that neither true seals nor eared seals have.

Earless seals, also called true seals or phocids, are the most diverse and widespread pinnipeds.

Hauau thought that might be because its members raided the nets of fishers, like their kin the true seals but with human skill and cunning.

They are generally considered to be less adapted to an aquatic lifestyle, since they breed primarily on land and haul out more frequently than true seals.

True seals (phocids)

In Antarctica, the differences between true seals and sea lions are illustrated: the former don't have the external ears or the mobility on land of the latter.

Family Phocidae (true seals)

Solitary foraging strategies characterize many of the phocids (the true seals) such as the elephant and harbor seals.

Eared seals have external ears, as their name suggests, and more dog-like snouts, further distinguishing them from true seals.

The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal superfamily, Pinnipedia.

Earless seals (or true seals)

Sea lions are classified with fur seals, and the remaining seals with ears are known as true seals.

In contrast, commercial harvest of the true seals and Steller Sea Lions has been relatively insignificant on the Kuril islands proper.

The breeding grounds of colony forming seabirds and marine mammals (true seals or sea lions) and even some turtles are also referred to as rookeries.