Scientific name:
Otariidae

Natural spread:
southern hemisphere

like the name already indicates, the ear-seals possess expresses, even if small ears. Mainly, however, they differ in their physique sewer-standing the country-carnivores from the dog-seals. Because they can beat its rear-extremity under the body, they can raise the body from the ground, and it is a hoppelnd-watschelnder walk, that can gain astonishing speeds at short notice, for them possible. However, the animals don't step on that occasion with the foot - as well as. Palm on but runs on the foot and wrists. They front-limbs possess five rather long, unbekrallte fingers. Those rear-limbs are shorter; possessing it extended, claw-loose 1. and 5. Toes as well as 3 shorter, bekrallte middle toes. As fingers and toes with a strong web are interconnected with all seals.

One distinguishes the sea-lions or hair-seals by the nature of the hair-dress from the sea-bears or fur-seals. They first-reindeer possess a smoothly to be done hair without sub-wool, that second a fur with dense wool-hair.

Spread At the reproductive-time, the ear-seals are very sociable animals, who often conglomerate to several thousand animals on a relatively small beach-section. The cold seas of the southern hemisphere are its main-spread-area. However, they also advance isolated far northward, so at America's West coast until California, Japan and into the southern part of the Bering-sea. Sea-bears, sea-lions, mane-seal.