Cystophora cristata


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Noun1.Cystophora cristata - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the headCystophora cristata - medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters
bladdernose, hooded seal
earless seal, hair seal, true seal - any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
Cystophora, genus Cystophora - hooded seals
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The interaction between offshore cod trawlers and harp seals, Phoca groenlandica, and hooded seals, Cystophora cristata, off Newfoundland, Canada.
Trawling operations and South African (Cape) fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
Birth to weaning in 4 days: remarkable growth in the hooded seal, Cystophora cristata.
Neonatal growth of Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups in Alaska
A re-discovered whelping population of hooded seals Cystophora cristata Erxleben and its possible relationship to other populations.
Possible effects of climate warming on selected populations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Canadian Arctic

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