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Hooded Seal

Cystophora cristata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) rouj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canada	174
United States	109
Newfoundland and Labrador	97
Quebec	45
Massachusetts	41
Rhode Island	23
Nunavut	18
Connecticut	12
Virginia	11
New York	10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Mammals · Mammalia
Order	Carnivorans · Carnivora
Family	Earless Seals · Phocidae
Genus	Hooded Seals · Cystophora

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Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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