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Caspian SealEducational resources on Caspian SealCaspian Seal or Pusa caspica is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to B1+2e. IUCN Profile of the Caspian Seal for spider: static text only Scientific name: Pusa caspica: Common name: Caspian Seal: ITIS# 622019: Physical Description: Caspian seals are medium gray to grayish brown above and paler below in a typical seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/622019 ADW: Pusa caspica: Classification Pusa caspica (Caspian seal) ... animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Pusa_caspica.html?portal... ADW: Pusa caspica: Information Currently around 60,000 Caspian seal pups are caught annually for their fur. Some ecotourism is increasingly focusing on these animals, which involves taking ferries out to view animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pusa_caspica.html Caspian Basin Alert -Physical Environment Caspian seal . The coastal flora is chiefly presented with such families as Asteraceae (70 species academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/caspiansea.html Predation, Food and Feeding Habits, Nutrition Studies< New data on the mortality of the Caspian seal due to wolves. Page 187 in Congress of the All-Union Theriological Society, 2nd (P. A. Panteleev, et. al. eds.) www.albany.edu/~knee/pred.html ADW: Instructions for Contributors For example: Stellar's sea lion, not Stellar's Sea Lion, and Caspian seal, not Caspian Seal. When reporting measurements, such as "175 mm", always leave a space between the value animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/teach/contributor_guidelines.html Chapter 1 - Oceans of Planet Earth Caspian seal (see here for recent die-offs) Featured Organism p. 5: Giant squid Featured Locality p. 5: Delaware Bay biology.fullerton.edu/biol317/ch/ch01.html baikal seal Phoca caspica (Caspian seal) Phoca fasciata (Ribbon seal) Phoca groenlandicus (Harp seal) ... Common Name: Baikal Seal or Nerpa. Class: Mammalia. Order: Pinnipedia www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/baikal_seal.htm Mammal Species of the World - Browse: caspica Caspian Seal: Type Locality: "in mari, praesertim septentrionali, etiam Pacifico et Caspico" [Caspian Sea]. Distribution: Coastal regions of the Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan, Iran www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14001067 ADW: Instructions for Editors For example: Stellar's sea lion, not Stellar's Sea Lion, and Caspian seal, not Caspian Seal. When reporting measurements, such as "175 mm", always leave a space between the value animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/teach/editor_guidelines.html
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