A leopard seal in Antarctica. The leopard seal is a large predatory seal, up to 1300 lb and 11 ft in length, feeding on krill, squid, fish, various penguin species and other seabirds and occasionally, other pinnipeds.
Species: Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25575
Lat/Long: -64.16131, -60.84775 (Coordinates: 64° 09' 40.72" S, 60° 50' 51.90" W)
Altitude: 7.00m
Format: Digital 16:9
Species: Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25575
Lat/Long: -64.16131, -60.84775 (Coordinates: 64° 09' 40.72" S, 60° 50' 51.90" W)
Altitude: 7.00m
Format: Digital 16:9
Keywords: animal, animalia, antarctic peninsula, antarctica, caniformia, carnivora, chordata, cierva cove, hydrurga, hydrurga leptonyx, leopard seal, leptonyx, mammal, mammalia, oceans, phocidae, pinniped, southern ocean, vertebrata, vertebrate
Categories:
- Animal > Pinniped > Leopard Seal
- Location > Oceans > Southern Ocean > Antarctica
- Location > World > Antarctica > Antarctic Peninsula > Cierva Cove
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