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Ross seal (Omimatophoca rossii '); leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx);
Antarctic Peninsula 2009
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Winter, non-breeding population of Leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx is estimated to be at around 1,000 individuals.
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Hookers sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) and leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) visit each winter and spring.
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It was the _stenorhyncus leptonyx_, the most powerful seal of the Antarctic, and a rare visitor to Tristan, only two others having been seen by the islanders.
Three Years in Tristan da Cunha Katherine Mary Barrow
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Ellioti_, and _L. aurobrunnea_ of the long-clawed family, and _Aonyx leptonyx_ of the short-clawed.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Six seal species are native to Antarctica: crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus), Ross seal (Omimatophoca rossii), leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii '), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and southern fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella).
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