Hydrurga leptonyx - #4600
Leopard Seal
Lateral view of skull of adult.
Geographic Distribution
Circumpolar pack-ice zone south to the shores of Antarctica. Also coastal regions of Australia, Chile, Falkland Isls, Kerguelen Isls, New Zealand), South Sandwich Isls, South Africa.
Order/Family
Phocidae
Genus
Hydrurga
Specific Epithet
leptonyx
Image Location
USA, OK, Oklahoma City, Museum of Osteology
Image Date
6 June 2014
Photographer
DG Huckaby