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porpoise

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.P···

Balaenoptera bonaerensis

Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale

Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA te···

Rangifer tarandus

Rangifer tarandus,Reindeer

Reindeer (scientific name: Rangifer tarandus) is called Reindeer in foreign language. There are 17 subspecies. Also known as horne···

Cervus axis

Cervus axis,Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká，Hupah Glešká,Spotted deer, white deer

The scientific name of the spotted deer, Cervus axis or Axis axis, is active all day long and feeds on tender shoots. Its natural ···

Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern ,Sterna paradisaea

The Arctic tern is a seabird belonging to the tern genus. It is medium-sized and distributed in the Arctic and nearby areas. It is···

Tetraodontidae

Tetraodontidae,pufferfish、puffers,Pufferfish, boatfish, pufferfish, good fish, chicken, turtle fish

Pufferfish (scientific name Tetraodontidae) is also known as pufferfish or puffers in foreign languages. Because of its "pig-···

Eleginus gracilis

Eleginus gracilis,cod, bighead cod, bighead fish, bighead fish, pollack

The scientific name of cod is Eleginus gracilis. It is a kind of deep-sea fish and one of the economic edible fish. There are 9 sp···

Pan troglodytes

Pan troglodytes,Chimpanzee,gorilla

Chimpanzees (scientific name: Pan troglodytes) are called Chimpanzees in foreign languages. There are 4 subspecies. The nominate s···

Zalophus japonicus

Zalophus japonicus

Japanese sea lion, Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866), is an extinct species of sea lion in the genus Zalophus of the family Eurasi···

Zalophus californianus

Zalophus californianus,Californian Sea Lion

Californian Sea Lion (scientific name: Zalophus californianus), foreign name California Sea Lion, no subspecies.The Japanese sea l···

New Zealand sea lion

Phocarctos hookeri

The scientific name of New Zealand sea lion is Phocarctos hookeri, also known as Hooker's sea lion. It feeds on small fish suc···

Arctocephalus pusillus

Arctocephalus pusillus，South African and Australian Fur Seal,Cape fur seal, African fur sea lion, South African fur sea lion, Australian fur sea lion

The scientific name of the African fur seal is Arctocephalus pusillus, and its foreign name is South African and Australian Fur Se···

Arctocephalus gazella

Arctocephalus gazella,Kerguelen Fur seal,Island sea lions, sea wolves, Antarctic fur seals

The Antarctic fur seal (scientific name: Arctocephalus gazella) is called Kerguelen Fur seal. Its scientific name comes from the f···

Leptonychotes weddellii

Leptonychotes weddellii,monk seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal, Weddell seal

Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species ···

Monachus monachus

Monachus monachus，Mediterranean monk sea,Monk seal

The scientific name of the Mediterranean monk seal is Monachus monachus, and its foreign name is Mediterranean monk seal. It is an···

Mirounga leonina

Mirounga leonina,Southern elephant-seal

The scientific name of the Southern elephant seal is Mirounga leonina, and its foreign name is Southern elephant-seal. It is the l···

Mirounga angustirostris

Mirounga angustirostris，Northern elephant-seal,Northern elephant seal

The scientific name of the Northern elephant seal is Mirounga angustirostris, and its foreign name is Northern elephant-seal. It i···

Lobodon carcinophagus

Lobodon carcinophagus,Crabeater seal

Sawtooth seals are called Lobodon carcinophagus in scientific name and Crabeater seal in foreign language. They are the most numer···

Hydrurga leptonyx

Hydrurga leptonyx,leopard seal,

Leopard seal (scientific name: Hydrurga leptonyx) is also known as leopard seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Leop···

Halichoerus grypus

Halichoerus grypus,Grey seal,Atlantic grey seal

Grey seal (scientific name: Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal in the family Phocidae and the only member of the genus Halichoeru···

Cystophora cristata

Cystophora cristata,Hooded seal

Hooded seal (scientific name: Cystophora cristata) is also known as Hooded seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Amon···

Phoca vitulina

Phoca vitulina ，Common seal

The scientific name of the harbor seal is Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758), and the foreign name is Common seal. It is a seal distr···

Phoca sibirica

Phoca sibirica,Baikal Seal,Siberian seal, freshwater seal

Baikal Seal (Phoca sibirica), also known as Baikal Seal in English, lives in the Baikal Lake area of Russia. It is the only freshw···

Phoca hispida

Phoca hispida，Ringed seal，Nordic seal, ice seal, ring seal

The scientific name of the ringed seal is Phoca hispida, and its foreign name is Ringed seal. There are 5 subspecies. It is one of···