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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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ringed seal
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyPhocidae
Habitatmarine
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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.
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Fauna of the Holarctic realmHabitats Directive speciesIUCN Red List least concern speciesMammals described in 1775Mammals of GreenlandNatureServe secure speciesPhocinsPinnipeds of AsiaPinnipeds of EuropePinnipeds of North AmericaPinnipeds of the Arctic OceanTaxa named by Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber