How big does the Ribbon Seal get?

The Ribbon Seal grows to about 1.8 m.

Ribbon Seal

Histriophoca fasciata

Group: Seal
Max size: 1.8 m
IUCN status: LC

Boldly marked with pale bands looping across a dark body, the ribbon seal lives out on the drifting pack ice of the far north. It feeds intensively through the ice season on pelagic fish and crustaceans and is built for long stretches in open ocean far from land.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Phocidae › Histriophoca

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 255017.

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How big does the Ribbon Seal get?: The Ribbon Seal grows to about 1.8 m.