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a sl'lip--llased seal census talcen by American irlvestiuatorü in la-Le 195û
and early 1957 in the lndi.an Ocean sector o_ t_IC Antarctic (105°. iâ
to 1'12.° E') and in Ross Sea (150o W to 165° E.), about 0,000 Ross's
seals were counte^,.; when these results were extrapolated -to.-the entire .
drift-ice region, the nu::lùers of these seals. in .L1osÜ .Sea and the Tndian
Ocea.n sector of the Antwrctic were calculcit,-d to be 51,000.
T.iediterranearl ::oillc Seal (T•:orlachus nloil4.chus iler:.lar_n, 1779)
Tho CO.LOUr Of aCllllt IilCb.l.e Ned].t0v7'ELlleibll rllOrllC s°iLl.t7 is 111ilC^CJ..i^'1^
brot•rri with yellow s-erem.Tcs; ti;e:t.•e is a largo rliolnlio.ida.l wllil:e patch
on tile belly (7'ic,. 39')- The colour of the females is similar, but
the belly is light-grey and the white patch is missing. The pups are
born with long, soft fur of a dark-chestnut colour; the belly is
light-brown, with awllitish rho.raboida-l patch. These seals are fairly
large, and exceed the other two species of thits genus in body length.
The zoological body length of the males varies betwee.n 24.0 and 275
cm, the maximum being 300 cm. Apparently the feilla.le:s are.. somèwhat
smaller than the males. k'ew-born pups are 100-120 cri in length and
weigh about 20 lcg.
Pue.
Fig. 39. i•lonk . seal.
Tionlc sea.ls are distributed spora(IJ_cally
40) tilroug•11 the
jied'iterra.nean ;;ea, and along the Atlantic coast of 1lfrica. as far as
Cap -Blanc, In the T^iediterranean they are com::,orl on the coasts of
Spain and the Balearic Island-st of France (a.t 'l'oulon1, of .italy, of
the â.c;lancl. , of c;or.sica, and Sardinia, and of Urc:c!ce, Yut;oslavia, and
r'ur;cey, and t;11ey have been seen in tue Aegea.l tire ,iediterr.,a.-
1-ieC1.11
CoC.st of Africa^tile;,- OCcux 01, tue coaBtll b.C'
CLI'IC.L
'j.Ulli:^ia,
neü.r Oran, F111G. on the coast of lioroCco.
Off tlt(? Atlantic cuCl.at of
Africa they are obsorved at :. adeira, tac Canary 1:;1^.l.nds, alid tire
i'lesertas :I.slands. :I IL the _O.aclc ;,ea thr:Y OCCll7' oil tuE` Alla'(,olia.rl coast
of 'l'u.ll:ey and local'].,, on 'ihc co.--Ists of
rli.d,-oulrLrlia. .1 hey
Yil•o .i'uomc.l ii, U;;;I]l ^rr.^'Lr;a:CS ."i(lj ;a.cullt Lu i,ciiqn.rii;t. •
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