Hydrurga leptonyx - #707
Leopard Seal
Side view, resting on ice
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
Near Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica
Image Date
1978
Photographer
J Thomas