The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is a small earless seal species found in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Its common name is derived from a distinctive patterning of dark spots surrounded by light gray rings.

The Ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is a small earless seal that lives in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. It is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the Northern Hemisphere. Ringed seals are one of the primary prey of Polar bears and Killer whales, and have long been a component of the diet of indigenous people of the Arctic.

The most common and widely distributed seals in the Arctic, ringed seals make their home throughout the Northern Hemisphere’s circumpolar oceans, where they feed on polar and arctic cod and a...

2024年11月27日 · Ringed seals are the smallest and most common Arctic seal. They get their name from the small, light-colored circles, or rings, that are scattered throughout the darker hair on their backs. Ringed seals are circumpolar and are found in all seasonally ice-covered seas of the Northern Hemisphere and in certain freshwater lakes.

Ringed seals (Pusa hisp­ida) oc­cupy a cir­cum­po­lar dis­tri­b­u­tion rang­ing from 35°N, to the North Pole. They are found in all of the sea­son­ally ice cov­ered seas in the North­ern Hemi­sphere and are na­tive to the Arc­tic Ocean.

The ringed seal is the smallest of all living seal species and is named after the ring-shaped markings on its coat. They may be small but they are not delicate – ringed seals have a thick layer of fat called blubber, which helps to keep them warm and buoyant and serves as a nutrient source during lean times.

The Ringed Seal is the smallest of all the seal species in the world. These are a species of true seals that is also the most common seal of the Arctic and the sub-Arctic regions.

2019年4月25日 · The ringed seal is the most common seal in the Arctic. Rarely venturing onto land, the species spends most of its time either hunting in the cold Arctic waters, or ‘hauled out’ on the ice. This page contains ringed seal facts, pictures and …

The ringed seal, which gets its name from the pattern of small, light circles on its back, is the smallest of the pinniped species. Ringed seals are gray or brown in color with small heads, short snouts, and small front flippers with strong claws.

2025年1月17日 · ringed seal, (Pusa, or Phoca, hispida), nonmigratory, earless seal (family Phocidae) of North Polar seas and a few freshwater lakes in Europe and on Baffin Island. Named for the characteristic pale rings on its grayish or yellowish coat, the ringed seal grows to about 1.5 m (5 feet) in length and 90 kg (200 pounds) in weight.