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  2. Bearded seal - Wikipedia

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    The bearded seal is unique in the subfamily Phocinae in having two pairs of teats, a feature it shares with monk seals. Bearded seals reach about 2.1 to 2.7 m (6.9 to 8.9 ft) in nose-to-tail length and from 200 to 430 kg (441 to 948 lb) in weight. [5] The female seal is larger than the male, meaning that they are sexually dimorphic.

  3. Harbor seal - Wikipedia

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    The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic ...

  4. Wildlife of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Frog, in Cary, North Carolina. Frogs are common in the marshy and wet regions of the Piedmont. The frog pictured at left is a Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysocelis) or gray treefrog (H. versicolor). These two species cannot be differentiated except by their call or genetic analysis. However, H. versicolor is rare in the state and likely to not ...

  5. Category:Official seals of places in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    S. File:Seal of Angier, North Carolina.jpg; File:Seal of Apex, North Carolina.png; File:Seal of Ashe County, North Carolina.png; File:Seal of Asheville, North ...

  6. Grey seal - Wikipedia

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    Grey seal. The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a large seal of the family Phocidae, which are commonly referred to as "true seals" or "earless seals". The only species classified in the genus Halichoerus, it is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. In Latin, Halichoerus grypus means "hook-nosed sea pig".

  7. Where exactly is NC setting of ‘Where the Crawdads ... - AOL

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    However, Bath is not the county seat of Beaufort County. Bath has a smaller population than New Bern, though, which seems to be more in-line with Barkley Cove. Daisy Edgar-Jones, left, and Taylor ...

  8. Earless seal - Wikipedia

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    Earless seal. The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae (/ ˈfoʊsɪdiː /). They are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from the fur seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae.

  9. Ringed seal - Wikipedia

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    Ringed seal. The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. The ringed seal is a relatively small seal, rarely greater than 1.5 m in length, with a distinctive patterning of dark spots surrounded by light gray rings, hence its common name. It is the most abundant and wide-ranging ice seal in the ...