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
Ladoga ringed seal
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The Ladoga ringed seal is a freshwater subspecies of the ringed seal found entirely in Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. This pinniped was isolated in freshwater lakes and separated from the Arctic
Ringed seal hunter Juho Pöllänen from Sortavala at the shores of Ladoga with his prey in 1909