page_title: List of mammals of Antarctica
section_title: Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Antarctica / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder Laurasiatheria / Order: Carnivora (carnivorans)
caption_attribution_description: English: Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), D'Hainaut Island, Mikkelsen Harbour, Trinity Island
context_page_description: This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three of these species are considered to be endangered, one to be vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient and one has not yet been evaluated. Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present, are not included.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:
context_section_description: There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition. The southern elephant seal is believed to be the largest carnivoran of all time; bulls typically weigh 2,200 to 4,000 kilograms (4,900 to 8,800 pounds). The lobodontine seals comprise about 80% of the global biomass of pinnipeds, a reflection of the high productivity of the Southern Ocean; all have circumpolar distributions surrounding Antarctica and breed on pack ice or shore-fast ice. Antarctic fur seals and southern elephant seals, in contrast, while doing much of their feeding at the edge of the continent, breed on subantarctic islands, such as South Georgia. Warmblooded prey makes up a significant proportion of the leopard seal's diet, and is occasionally taken by Antarctic fur seals.
  Suborder: Caniformia
  Clade Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions and walruses)
  Family: Otariidae (eared seals)
  Genus: Arctocephalus
  Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella LC
  Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
  Genus: Mirounga
  Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina LC
  Tribe Lobodontini (Antarctic seals)
  Genus: Hydrurga
  Leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx LC
  Genus: Leptonychotes
  Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii LC
  Genus: Lobodon
  Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga LC
  Genus: Ommatophoca
  Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii LC
caption: Weddell seal
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