🦭Crabeater seal
食蟹海豹（学名：Lobodon carcinophagus），也称锯齿海豹，是分布于南极大陆附近海域的一种海豹。 成年雄性食蟹海豹体长2.16～2.41米；雌性2.03～2.41米，重200～300公斤。嘴脸甚长。颊齿复杂，上、下颌各有5枚颊齿，各齿的主尖头前有1个、后有3个齿冠尖头，适于过滤食物。主要以南极磷虾为食。喜独栖，在冰上行动迅速。 食蟹海豹是食蟹海豹属下唯一的一种，其属名（Lobodon）来自希腊语，意为“锯齿状牙齿”。种名（carcinophagus）意为“食蟹的”，曾错误的认为蟹是其食物。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 238 kg
- Body length
- 2.42 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 39 years
Everything we know about the Crabeater seal
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass238 kgrecord 300 kg · SeaLifeBaseCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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- 250 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length2.42 mCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.6 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
Brain mass607 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan39 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length15 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity4.2 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation270 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 259 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.01 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l238 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Crabeater seal yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyPhocidae
- ›genusLobodon
- ›speciesLobodon carcinophaga
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyPhocidae
- genusLobodon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyPhocidae
- genusLobodon
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