Baikal seal - Wikipedia
The Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it is related to the Arctic ringed seal. The Baikal seal is one of the smallest true seals and the only …
Freshwater seal - Wikipedia
The only exclusively freshwater seal species is the Baikal seal, locally named nerpa . [1] The Baikal seal has inhabited Lake Baikal for roughly two million years, the closest relative to it being the Arctic ringed seal whence it has likely descended. [2]
Baikal Seal - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Baikal seals (Pusa sibirica) are tiny seals that are members of the family Phocidae. They are native to Siberia and live only within Lake Baikal, from where their common name comes. They are the only type of freshwater seal type and it is still unknown how they arrived in the lake, thousands of kilometers from a seal’s traditional habitat of ...
Baikal Seal (Pusa sibirica) - Pinnipeds
Known locally as the nerpa and referred to as Pusa sibirica, the Baikal seal is found only in Russia's isolated Lake Baikal, a designated World Heritage Site and the world's deepest, oldest and most voluminous mass of freshwater. The Baikal seal, one of the world's smallest pinnipeds, is in fact the only pinniped species that lives solely in ...
Discovering Lake Baikal's unique freshwater seals - Encyclopedia Britannica
Protecting their habitat will not only safeguard the future of the seals, but also preserve the biggest freshwater lake on our planet. Learn about the Baikal seal, the only true freshwater seal in the world, in this video.
Baikal seal: habitat, behavior, and threats | Britannica
One thing is certain, it’s the only true freshwater seal in the world and lives nowhere else. There are around 60,000 seals on Lake Baikal and the small rocky islands are much in demand for sunbathing. The waters of the lake are cold even in summer, …
ADW: Pusa sibirica: INFORMATION
Pusa sibirica is the only seal that lives primarily in freshwater. It is endemic to Lake Baikal, and occasionally is found in rivers connecting to the lake. Ice conditions in the lake determine the seasonal movements and activities of these seals.
Fast and smart - meet Lake Baikal's unique nerpa seal
2010年7月29日 · The Baikal seal - or nerpa in Russian - is the world's only exclusively freshwater seal. The smallest of its species, the nerpa is thought to have lived in Lake Baikal for the past two...
Lake Baikal, home of the freshwater Baikal seals - Slate Magazine
2014年7月15日 · Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is home to 80,000 seals. They spend their days zooming through the water in pursuit of delicious fish, crowding onto rocks to sun themselves, and, when winter...
GNF - Baikal Seal in Focus - Global Nature
More than 2,000 kinds of living organisms inhabit Lake Baikal region, and of these only one is a mammal – the Baikal Seal. This animal is endemic to Lake Baikal, one of three types of freshwater seals in the world (in addition to the Ladoga Seal and Saimaa Seal).