Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica) are tiny seals that are members of the family Phocidae. They are native to Siberia and live only within Lake Baikal, from where their common name comes. They are the only type of freshwater seal type and it is still...
The Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is a small earless seal that lives in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. It is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the Northern Hemisphere. Ringed seals are one of the primary prey of Polar bears and Killer...
The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis, Finnish: Saimaannorppa ) is a subspecies of ringed seal (Pusa hispida ). They are among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 400 individuals. The only...
The Caspian seal (Pusa caspica or Phoca caspica ) is one of the smallest members of the earless seal family and unique in that it is found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea. They are found not only along the shorelines, but also on the many...
The Ladoga ringed seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis) is a freshwater subspecies of the Ringed seal which are found entirely in Lake Ladoga. It was isolated in freshwater lakes and separated from the Arctic ringed seal. This subspecies is related to the...
