Ommatophoca

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Weddell seal Leptonychotes weddelli, Ross seal Ommatophoca rossi and crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus are occasionally present on Heard Island (at the extreme northern limit of their pelagic ranges), while subantarctic fur seal A. tropicalis was first recorded on Heard Island in 1987/88.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia 2008
Muizon (1981) regarded Acrophoca as a lobodontin: that is, a member of the group that includes Hydrurga (the leopard seal), Ommatophoca (Ross’ seal) and Lobodon (the crabeater seal), and specifically as the sister-taxon to Hydrurga.

Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006