Baikal seal
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The Baikal seal, also known as Lake Baikal seal or nerpa, is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest earless/true seals, and one of
A young seal
Group of Baikal seals hauling out on a rock around Ushkan Islands, Barguzinsky district
Taxidermied pup in model of den
Saimaa ringed seal
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The Saimaa ringed seal is a species of seal. It is among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 500 individuals. The only existing population of these seals is
The Saimaa ringed seal swimming in Rantasalmi in September 2024
A stuffed Saimaa ringed seal at the Finnish Museum of Natural History.
1986 Finnish commemorative stamp designed by Pirkko Vahtero to the issue "EUROPA 1986 - Nature Conservation"; drawing with a Saimaa ringed seal in binocular view