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Cystophora cristata latin

The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is an arctic pinniped.

Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

As many as two million seals are estimated to inhabit Greenland's coasts; species include the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) as well as the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus).

The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is an arctic pinniped found only in the central and western North Atlantic ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west.