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    (c) Kingfisher, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Nodnarb Nedloh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Nodnarb Nedloh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    Estormiz, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)

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    (c) curtmccamy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Nodnarb Nedloh, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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Ringed Seal

Pusa hispida

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The ringed seal (Pusa hispida or Phoca hispida), also known as the jar seal and as netsik or nattiq by the Inuit, is an earless seal (family: Phocidae) inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The ringed seal is a relatively small seal, rarely greater than 1.5 m in length, with a distinctive patterning of dark spots surrounded by light grey rings, hence its common name. It is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the...

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