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- 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...
- primarily use their front limbs to propel themselves through the water, while phocids and walruses primarily use their hind limbs for this purpose. Otariids...
- "raffish" look.[citation needed] Bearded seals are the largest northern phocid. They have been found to weigh as much as 300 kg (660 lb) with the females...
- seal), to 2,400 kg (5,300 lb) and 5 m (16 ft) (southern elephant seal). Phocids are found throughout the world's oceans. Family Otariidae (eared seals...
- commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals, distinct from true seals (phocids) and the walrus (odobenids). Otariids are adapted to a semiaquatic lifestyle...
- Phocid gammaherpesvirus 2 (PhHV-2) is a species of virus of uncertain generic placement in the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and...
- Phocine distemper virus (PDV), is a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus that is pathogenic for pinniped species, particularly seals. Clinical signs...
- induced vasodilation. Venous capacitance is highly developed, especially in phocid seals and whales, and includes a large hepatic sinus and posterior vena...
- Phocid gammaherpesvirus 3 (PhHV-3) is a species of virus in the family Herpesviridae. "ICTV Master Species List 2018b.v2". International Committee on Taxonomy...
- The hooded seal or bladdernose seal (Cystophora cristata) is a large phocid found only in the central and western North Atlantic, ranging from Svalbard...