#0195 · 🦊 mammals

Saimaa Seal

🇳🇱 Saima Ringelrob ·Pusa saimensis

ENendangered 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Johan Moraal · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © janconl · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Johan Moraal · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Johan Moraal · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Tomi Tapio K · CC BY 4.0
7. South Savo, FI-IS, FI:© Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. South Savo, FI-IS, FI:© Johan Moraal · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. South Karelia, FI-ES, FI:© Antti Henttonen · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. South Savo, FI-IS, FI:© michel-peero · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Saimaa ringed seal ( Pusa saimensis , Finnish: saimaannorppa ) is a species of seal. It is among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 500 individuals. The only existing population of these seals is found in Lake Saimaa, Finland. It has lived in complete isolation from other ringed seal populations for around 9,500 years, and have diverged into a morphologically and ecologically different species or subspecies. The population is descended...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 81iNaturalist observations
threat ENendangered

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
81 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Oscar Frithiof Nordqvist in 1899 (127 years ago).
Listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.