Seal of Siberia

The seal of Siberia ( Pusa sibirica ) is a Phoque of small size, ashed gray with spots dark for the adults, white and woolly for the youthful ones.

The seal of Siberia, single fresh water seal, lives in the Lac Baïkal.

It is also called seal of Baïkal , nerpa or cat of sea , because of the tufts of Vibrisse S.

It differs from his marine cousins and ancestors by a squater body enabling him to better float in fresh water and from long useful claws to climb on the ice in winter as much as on the rocks in summer. Its food is composed primarily of fish of the lake ( Golomyanka and Gobie S).

Some figures

average Weight : 50 kg
maximum Weight : 150 kg
average Length : 1,80 m
Number of small : generally one, sometimes two
Time of diving : on average, 20 to 25 minutes (45 to 60 minutes to the maximum).

References

ITIS ('' Pusa sibirica '')
Image of the seal

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