Crabeater seal
Lobodon carcinophaga
CommonPhoto: François Guerraz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mammalcarnivore
The crabeater seal is a sleek Antarctic dweller, perfectly at home on the floating ice packs. Despite its name, it feasts almost exclusively on Antarctic krill, using its uniquely lobed teeth to filter these tiny crustaceans from the water.
- It is the most abundant seal species globally.
- Its teeth are specially adapted to sieve krill.
- Populations range between 7 million to 75 million.
PolarAntarctica
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- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Lobodon carcinophaga
- Habitat
- Polar
- Regions in this directory
- Antarctica
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
