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source: foodb
status: draft
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name_scientific: Phocidae
description: The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal superfamily, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members of the family Phocidae. They are sometimes called crawling seals to distinguish them from the fur seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae. Seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres and are mostly confined to polar, subpolar, and temperate climates, with the exception of the more tropical monk seals.
itis_id: 180640
wikipedia_id: Earless seal
picture_file_name: 614.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 35757
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:36.000Z
legacy_id: 642
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Pinnipeds
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:51.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:28.000Z
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updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 9709
export_to_foodb: false
public_id: FOOD00600