The Caspian seal is one of the smallest members of the earless seal family and unique in that it is found exclusively in the brackish Caspian Sea. It lives along the shorelines, but also on the many r
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
Caspian seal
…are generally larger and bulkier. Their dental formula is 3.1.4.22.1.4.1. The skull structure of the Caspian seal suggests it is closely related to the Baikal seal. In addition, the morphological structures in both species suggest they are descended from the ringed seal which migrated from larger bodies of water…
Nerpa
A young seal
Group of Baikal seals hauling out on a rock around Ushkan Islands, Barguzinsky district